You're on a first date with someone, and they tell you the name of their favourite DMARD. You immediately leave. What's the DMARD?
Who’d have thought Twitter could provoke controversy?
Paul Sufka MD (@psufka) caused what passes in rheumatology land for a Twitterstorm when he posed the following challenge:
Based on the number of likes, Acthar was enough to send plenty of people running:
Acthar
— Dr. Irene Blanco (@IreneBlancoMD) May 12, 2021
But does it really count?
Y’all are cheating! Gotta pick a DMARD ?
— Mike Putman (@EBRheum) May 12, 2021
Acthar wins though – that’s surely the right answer. What a scam.
Just going to leave this here @AliDuarteMD https://t.co/VNyNL5rKNY
And Vectra – or part-word thereof – didn’t fare too well either:
I can make it to dessert with almost any DMARD, but if they mention VECTRA I’m out.
— Jilaine Bolek Berquist (@BolekBerqui) May 12, 2021
Vectra….run away before they get the whole word out?
— Marie Kuchynski MD (@Doctorkuch) May 12, 2021
Well may Dr Sufka snigger, but there probably are people out there who truly believe turmeric to be an effective DMARD…
— Paul Sufka, MD (@psufka) May 12, 2021
Or gold, sure, why not? On the other hand it could mean they’re quite wealthy.
Gold
— Jeffrey Sparks MD MMSc (@jeffsparks) May 12, 2021
Well, it’s high time this one came up:
CBD
— Kelly Weselman MD (@kweselman) May 12, 2021
Surprisingly no one mentioned bathing in a dead whale. That would surely send this correspondent – and anyone else in the vicinity – heading for the hills.
But is it even an appropriate question for a first date?
Favorite DMARD is definitely third date material.
— Belinda Birnbaum MD (@BelindaBirnbaum) May 12, 2021
Beg to differ? Tell us which DMARD would send you running.
