Rhapsody .... isn't it a blast. I don't get why docs can't just pull their ... ok, I'll be nice.

If you've got the positive ANA needed to get the RA dx and the symptoms ...and you're being treated for the RA ... then the drugs treating the RA just may be giving you a false negative for the lupus ... (yes ... it is in the lupus books!!! ..happened to me with the MG ... while I was on Imuran, my labs came back normal for lupus, switched to Cellcept and lupus came flying out of the woodwork.)

I mean, just how complicated is it to figure out if you're taking the meds to treat the disease that is supposed to suppress the immune system that maybe ...just maybe they need to go by symptoms not labs?????