Is SAAZ an effective medicine for Sacroilitis? Any alternate medicine?

Posted on Wed, 17 Oct 2012

Question: Is SAAZ an effective medicine for Sacroilitis? What are the alternative medicine for Sacroilitis?

Answered by Dr. Saurabh Gupta (3 hours later)

Hello,

Thanks for writing in.

Yes, as you have asked, SAAZ is an effective medicine for Sacroilitis.

Alternative medicines for Sacroilitis are:-

1) Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic disease DMARDs. Commonly prescribed DMARDs are Methotrexate (Maxtrex) and Azulfidine (Salazopyrin EN).
2) Corticosteroids injections are also very helpful.
3) Muscle relaxants such as cyclobenzaprine.
4) TNF (tumour necrosis factor) inhibotors like Etanercept, Adalimumab.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if you have any more concerns.

Regards,

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Shanthi.E