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Art, I would be quite surprised if you had the liver or kidney issues you describe with an intra-articular injection of steroid(dexamethasone or whatever). I have seen issues you describe in systemic steroids, like oral prednisone, but the drug tends to stay where you put it, expecially if inside the joint. Hurts like a mother getting that shot, but the relief is very impressive, expecially with a little local anesthetic mixed in, which I usually do.
RA is way worse than gout IMHO. More accurately rheumatoid disease, because it is a connective tissue disorder, not just an arthritic process.
Colchicine is some nasty stuff, no doubt.
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