Herpes Zoster Reactivation in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Analysis of Disease Characteristics and Disease‐Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs

Abstract

In the Corrona registry, the HZ risk in RA patients taking prior or current MTX increased with older age and higher prednisone dose. The HZ risk among these patients with RA was comparable after initiation of TNFi versus non-TNFi versus csDMARDs.