Do anti-inflammatories suppress antibodies for autoimmune diseases or lyme disease?

Question

for example could it make your test for these a false negative?

Answer 1

corticosteroids only suppress about 75% of the inflammatory immune response.  nsaids suppress the other 25%.  it might interest you to know not all autoimmune diseases have antibodies like anca making diagnosis a difficult problem.  

Answer 2

I know that taking steroids can suppress your immune system so that you won't test positive for Lyme--even if you have it.

Good sources of info about Lyme disease:

http://www.lymedisease.org

http://www.canlyme.com

http://www.lymenet.org

http://www.lymeinfo.net

http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org

http://www.ilads.org

http://www.betterhealthguy.com

http://www.publichealthalert.com