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My sister has behcet's disease what to do to minimize the recurrence of signs and symptoms she is taking remicade, (infliximab) predinsone, imuran, calcium etc?
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Bechet's: Bechet's is an inflammatory arthritis that may require disease remitting agents to control symptoms, a rheumatologist has trained to reduce the frequency of medication side effects and recurrence of the disease with these drugs. Seek an experts opinion.
Answered 12/23/2014
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Anakinra: Suggest that your sister and her rheumatologist discuss a trial of Anakinra (kineret). Good luck.
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