Hello Amy
Welcome to KickAS.
I don't have much to tell you in the way of medicines. I tried lots of the NSAID's until they beat the heck out of my stomach and finally gave up.
It seems as if Doc's are less willing ot give women a positive diagnosis of AS.
THe medicine forum here may have some info. My mother and her mother also had AS. My MOther is in her mid 60's and has fared very well for decades on Sulfasalazine. SHe has flares but as long as she's taking the coated sulfa she seems to do OK all in all.
SOme of the folks here have had wonderful results with Enbrel. Others are trying nonconventional things such as complete dietarty change in partikcular swithching to a NSD (no starch diet) I was a skeptic but have had some souccess by eating a very Low starch diet. Don't have the will power or time often to be completely NSD.
In any case best wishes.
stevec-they also serve who stand and wait
