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Overview

Pharmacologic medical therapies for ankylosing spondylitis(AS) include Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blocker, and interleukin 17 (IL-17) inhibitors.Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease which is manifested by back pain and gradually to spinal stiffness.While treating the AS patients the primary goal is to maximize long-term health-related quality of life.

Medical Therapy

  • Medical therapy for AS is according to the guidelines proposed by [1][2][3]
    • Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS)
    • European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)
    • American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/Spondylitis Association of America (SAA)/Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network (SPARTAN) collaboration 
  • Pharmacologic medical therapies for ankylosing spondylitis(AS) include Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blocker, analgesics, sulfasalazine,intraarticular injections and interleukin 17 (IL-17) inhibitors.
Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs(NSAIDs)[4][5][6][7][8][9]
  • The first line treatment for all the patients who are having symptomatic ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are with Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs(NSAIDs).
  • 70 to 80 percent patients who are taking NSAIDs report substantial relief of back pain and stiffness.
  • Play a crucial role in delaying the progression of ankylosing spondylitis.
  • Regardless of which NSAID used, the maximum dose is usually required to manage AS.
  • Treating with NSAIDs in AS especially in patients with increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) shows especially effective in decreasing the ESR.[10]

Adult

  • Preferred regimen (1): Indomethacin: Initial: 75 mg once daily, may increase to 75 mg twice daily (maximum dose: 150 mg/day) for at least 4 weeks.[11]
  • Preferred regimen (2): Celecoxib or Etoricoxib: Oral: 200 mg once daily or 100 mg twice daily.[12][13][14][15][16][17]

Tumor necrosis factor alpha antagonists(TNF-alpha)[18][19]

  • infliximab, etanercept, adalimumab, certolizumab, and golimumab are the available tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors(TNF-alpha) to treat AS.
  • In AS there is no much of a use in adding immunomodulatory drug, such as methotrexate (MTX) as the evidence shows no additional benefit but may increase the cost and the risk of adverse effects.[20]

References

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