{"id":1171,"date":"2021-07-28T18:19:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T18:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=1171"},"modified":"2021-07-28T18:19:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T18:19:51","slug":"tnf-biologics-and-covid-19-what-autoimmune-patients-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=1171","title":{"rendered":"TNF Biologics and COVID-19: What Autoimmune Patients Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authors: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\">If you\u2019re taking a type of medication known as tumor necrosis factor inhibitors, also called anti-TNF or TNFis, you may be wondering how these drugs could impact your chances of contracting COVID-19, or having more severe complications from it. After all, the common cold or other upper respiratory tract infections can be more common in people taking anti-TNF inhibitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\">On the other hand, some rheumatologists are pointing out that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210530063127\/https:\/\/creakyjoints.org\/living-with-arthritis\/coronavirus\/treatments\/study-tnf-biologics-as-potential-covid-19-treatment\/\">TNF biologics may actually be&nbsp;<em>protective&nbsp;<\/em>against COVID-19 inflammation<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 and they are calling for more clinical trials to study these drugs as a potential COVID treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\">No wonder there is confusion and anxiety among the people who take these medications to manage conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and Crohn\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\">While more research is needed to fully understand the impact of these medications on COVID-19, at least there is some preliminary data from the first few months of the pandemic, which is helping doctors and researchers make decisions help keep you healthy and safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\">We talked with top rheumatologist to help quell your fears and answer your questions. Read on to learn about how anti-TNF biologics work in the body, what the latest coronavirus research says, and how to best manage your inflammatory condition and minimize your risk of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">For More Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210530063127\/https:\/\/creakyjoints.org\/living-with-arthritis\/coronavirus\/treatments\/tumor-necrosis-factor-biologics-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210530063127\/https:\/\/creakyjoints.org\/living-with-arthritis\/coronavirus\/treatments\/tumor-necrosis-factor-biologics-covid-19\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors: If you\u2019re taking a type of medication known as tumor necrosis factor inhibitors, also called anti-TNF or TNFis, you may be wondering how these drugs could impact your chances [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[836,307,499,584],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-immune-system","category-medications","category-rheumatology","category-thf-alpha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}