Newly diagnosed with AS

staggerlee

Hi I gave recently been diagnosed with AS and have been offered anti TNF treatment.

Im worried about starting it with the potential side effects and what will happen if I don’t start it ?

thank you

HelenS

Hi @staggerlee

Welcome to the online community, hopefully you will be able to find useful answers here.

So you have a recent diagnosis of Ankylosing Spondylitis and are wondering about Anti-TNF treatment and possible side effects. Most people don’t have any side effects, taking Adalimumab which is the name of Anti-TNF treatment and for those who do, they aren’t usually serious.

Please have a look at the following pages

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/ankylosing-spondylitis/

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/treatments/drugs/adalimumab/

I'm hoping that you will find these links useful, but please do also take a look around the community at our different forums.

Please let us know how you get on

Take care

Helen