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For spinal AS this is very good news for TNF users who respond well to the drugs. TNF drugs really are a miracle for many AS patients and looking better as time goes on for the ones they work for. (dealing with Spinal damage and progression) Results "TNFα inhibitor treatment was associated with a 50% reduction in the odds of progression, with an odds ratio (OR) of 0.52 (95% confidence interval [95% CI] 0.30–0.88, P = 0.02). Patients with a delay of >10 years in starting therapy were more likely to experience progression as compared to those who started earlier (OR 2.4 [95% CI 1.09–5.3], P = 0.03). In the ZINB model, the use of TNFα inhibitors significantly reduced disease progression when the gap between radiographs was >3.9 years. The protective effect of TNFα inhibitors was stronger after propensity score matching." the full paper is available for those who want to read it. A good read Wiley article
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That is good news, wish I could take TNF again.
Steve Orchard, Running from AS & MS
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thanks for that, good to see this appears to be true 
sue
Spondyloarthropathy, HLAB27 negative
Humira (still methylprednisone for flares, just not as often. Aleve if needed, rarely.)
LDN/zanaflex/flector patches over SI/ice
vits C, D. probiotics. hyaluronic acid. CoQ, Mg, Ca, K.
chiro
walk, bike
no dairy (casein sensitivity), limited eggs, limited yeast (bread)
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Thanks for the note Steve.
With all those with positive results here and posting, figured that could be the case.
Tim
AS may win some battles, but I will win the war.
KONK - Keep ON Kicking
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Diagnosed with A.S. 29 year's ago.
Diagnosed with Fibro 10 year's ago.
Remicade, Intrathecal Pain Pump 2013
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anecdotally it always seemed that antitnfs were doing a whole lot better than most other things, and logically if they were substantially relieving the pain, then its hard to believe they weren't actually slowing down disease. I'm glad the research is finally coming through.
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