Suggest correct medicine for ankylosing spondylities
Patient: hello sir, this is lizon from dhaka. actually i am a patient of ankylosing spondylities. my hip joint (lt) space has a mild loss. now i can walk more or less fine, i have HLAB27 possitive. getting medicine (salfasalagine usp 500) in morning and night and also getting indomethacin bp 25 at morning-lunch-night. at present i am felling pain in my Lt hip, Doctor: Hi,  There is a new medicine out for it that targets Interleukin 17A. It is a relatively narrow spectrum of action on the immune system, still, it's most worrisome side effects are from immuno-suppression. It is the only drug I know of that actually targets the disease process of ankylosing spondylitis.  Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.  Regards, Dr. Matt Wachsman, Addiction Medicine Specialist