Baricitinib in Autoimmune Disease

Is baricitinib an option in autoimmune disease?

I’ve selected this question below for this week’s question of the week. It allows us to review some concepts related to telogen effluvium from autoimmune disease.

Question

Do you ever use baricitinib when treating telogen effluium from autoimmune disease?

ANSWER

Thanks for the question!

It would depend on the autoimmune disease that you are referring to. There are well over 100 autoimmune diseases. Baricitinib would not be considered in autoimmune thyroid disease but it might be in systemic lupus erythematosus. It all depends on the cause!

All in all, one would need to consider the specific autoimmune disease in question when seeking to answer this question. The list of potential autoimmune diseases in humans is very long!