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Has anyone prescribed sulfasalazine for costochondritis?
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No: The use of sulfasalazine would be very unusual for this inflammatory condition. Local heat, anti-inflammatory rx, steroid injection ( with caution), some types of physical therapy are the usual treatments.
Answered 12/9/2013
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Not for: costochondritis per se, but for conditions like spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis which casn cause it!
Answered 11/28/2017
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