Patient of Ankolysing Spondylitis, after taking SAZO500  HB rapidy fell down. Is there any alternative for this drug that has no such side effect?
Patient: Hi , My Husband is a patient of Ankolysing Spondylitis. After taking SAZO500 his HB rapidy fell down. My Rheumatology consultant has prescribed SAZO. Is there any alternative for this drug that has no such side effect? And I also want to kknow about the proper treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis in India? Please kindly Help me. My husband is a construction Engineer so he has very hectic work load all the time. Please suggest me. I am a helpless wife. Doctor: ANKYLOSING SPONDOLITIS IS BELIEVED TO BE VARIANT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS , WHIICH IS AUTO IMMUNE IN NATURE AND CLOSELY LINKED TO GENE HLAB27 . HERE SYMPTOMS ARE NOT CONFINED TO PAIN ONLY BUT DEFORMITY OF SPINE AND RIB CAGE  IS MAJOR CONCERN .SO EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT CAN PREVENT DEFORMITY ALL ANTI MITOTIC DRUGS TENDS TO REDUCE HEMOGLOBIN PERCENTAGE , TOTAL RBC COUNT AND LEUKOCYTES COUNTTHERE ARE SO MANY HERBAL DMARDs[ disease modifying anti rheumatic drugs ]  AND IT CAN BE COMPLETELY CURED BY HERBAL DRUGS WHICH ACT AS ANTI INFLAMMATORY DRUGS AND DMARDs AS WELL BETTER CONSULT SOME NEAR BY QUALIFIED AYURVEDIC DOCTOR