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If perndisone is the only anti inflammatory that works for me does that mean i have arthritis my blood work came back border line ra levels?
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Discuss with your dr: This is something to discuss with treating physician. If you are currently not seeing a rheumatologist, you may want to consider seeing one.
Answered 4/16/2013
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