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My rheumatologist said 'if a patient has lupus then prednisone doesn't work." why is that?
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Several options: Prednsione is not universally effective in lupus and the benefit may depend on the dose used. There are several other options including methotrexate, azathioprine, CellCept (mycophenolate mofetil) and a newer med, benlysta.
Answered 6/24/2014
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