I'm agree with CT, what we call inflammation doesn't matter so much as treating it. I am so thankful for the new medicine that is available to give most of us a good quality of life - much better than before surgery.
If the inflammation can be controlled with medicine and they provide me with, not just functioning life, but a chance to live it to the fullest, then I say go for the medicine. For me they have a life saver in more ways than one.
Just throwing my two sense in