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Old 01-15-2009, 08:59 PM #1
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Lightbulb what treatments for the RA?
Some of the treatments for RA cause nutrient depletions.

Some use biological drugs like Enbrel or Humira.

Some use immune modulating drugs like methotrexate.

PN can be autoimmune like RA. It can also be caused by
exposure to some drugs and nutrient deficiencies.

Determination by blood tests can tell alot. But biopsies
tell how much is actually left or lost. So they have their own
merit.
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Default Skin versus nerve biopsy.
Would a skin biopsy (epidermal) be better, as from what I have read these seem to cause less longterm problems than nerve biopsies?

I don't know if the skin biopsies have become the biopsy of choice now for all instances of PN, but they seem to be less invasive, less painful, produce less scarring and can be repeated in the same spot subsequently to detect deterioration of nerve densitity.
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