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Can you have weakness more in one leg making it hard to walk with rheumatoid flare and still feel pain and weakness while on prednisone for a few day?

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Yes: These symptoms can be from RA . The weakness can also be due to disk disease, a neck problem related to RA, a pinched nerve, as well as other causes. Make sure you let your rheumatologist know the prednisone is not helping.

Answered 9/1/2014

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