Heavy sigh. Instead of trying to block inflammation, doesn't it make sense to look to what is actually CAUSING the inflammation in the first place? The body doesn't produce inflammatory signals spontaneously for no reason at all out of the blue. Inflammatory chemicals are produced when the body perceives a threat. The inflammatory chemicals are needed to rush to the body's perceived threat, real or imagined, in order to extinguish or repair the threat. What are the threats? They are unique to each individual body. If a medication is successful at blocking the inflammatory process without stopping the threat, the body will eventually produce other inflammatory chemicals to attack the threat. This is why medications lose their efficacy after awhile. Furthermore, most anti inflammatory medications have side affects that cause more threat to the body, which cause more inflammatory chemicals. There are hundreds of inflammatory chemicals, typically called cytokines but there are others as well, that the body can produce. Common sources of inflammation are a build up of toxins from heavy metals in water, tooth fillings, vaccines, soil, construction materials and more, ultraprocessed additives and preservatives in food, mold, fungi, parasites, unresolved viral and bacterial infections with cells lingering in hiding within the body anywhere from brain to toes, emotional stress, bad relationships, PTSD, and anything else that causes any type of stress. Sometimes only one source is necessary to cause the autoimmune cascade at a very early age. Most of the time it takes many sources over many years before a person realizes something is wrong. This is where a Functional Medicine practitioner is very useful. They will order specialized tests that conventional medicine drs dont. They will spend a couple of hours as opposed to minutes getting to know the patient well enough to make the right recommendations. They will investigate diet and nutrition to make tailored recommendations to actually pull the hidden infections and toxins from the body, nourish the cells, and make exercise and/or therapy recommendations to heal the body of the many stressors causing the inflammation. Sometimes they will prescribe medications to heal infections caused by mold or other other pathogens. When medications are necessary they will work to keep the gut microbiome in balance to avoid causing more inflammation and to ensure that the necessary nutrients for healing are actually getting absorbed into the body. It is a long and complicated interconnected process for true healing. But, then, it was the same to get bad enough to result in an autoimmune condition in the first place. Patient vigilance is needed for success. It isnt fast and easy like popping a med, but it is doable. Yours in better health P 😌🙏

The most recent biological drug Drs. Put me on is first Simponi now simponi area. One thing for sure, it has kept my ulcerative colitis in check. Not much difference with the A S .

Biologics are suppose to slow the progression but that's about it.

You need to see a rheumatologist for injection medication or pill form

What kind of doctor do you go to to get the right medicine