What are the most effective therapies for CPPD with a "pseudo-RA" pattern?  

That is a great question! The short answer is that we really don't know. There are no good quality RCTs for CPPD. In my experience, these patients are quite difficult to manage. I will often start with low dose prednisone (which almost always works) and then search for a steroid-sparing agent. I sta...