A rare side effect of widely used drugs
Genie presents with abdominal pain and intermittent constipation. Is her rheumatoid arthritis to blame?
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Genie is 68 and has been seeing you for some years.
She has rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for which she takes diclofenac 50mg on occasion — up to three times a day as needed, for up to a week, perhaps every few months.