Seguía pasando mis revisiones en el Hospital Comarcal Don Benito-Villanueva. No recuerdo el tiempo que estuve esperando hasta que rheumatology service could have biological, for the sick administraselos they considered appropriate. At that time there was a protocol in the prescribing of biological therapies, was that only the biological administered to patients who had failed all previous treatment, either because they relieved the inflammatory process or by the intolerance (lack of tolerating something by the agency of individuals from any active ingredient), following the progressive stage disease. In my case I sent Methotrexate, and the first shots I got so bad that I had abandoned. Having contact with other patients and with the same or different diseases, have told me they also had to stop treatment, however there are patients who do well and even they can combine with some biological.
Now doctors are no longer governed (I think) of that Protocol. When you find it helpful to treat a patient with biological therapies. According to medical sources is proving successful early application of biological, achieving less joint deterioration and even improve it. Before crucial time was lost. Other sources were based on economic, biologics being a very expensive drugs, delaying its administration is no longer the case for our good, and premium quality of life of patients. By
posted to the network of this blog, I have seen both through emails and other means of communication that we are a lucky country for the aid that we provided to patients of this and other pathologies, have no impediment to give us the proper medication despite high costs, as well as rheumatologists and programs like Hope (units for diagnosis and monitoring of patients with early spondyloarthritis, which has helped reduce the time between appearance the first symptoms and diagnosis of patients over 4 years).
associations also have spondylitis patients fulfilling the mission of serving as a liaison and mediator with the government, getting financial support and involvement of medical and professional staff, PicoLog, physiotherapists ... who selflessly lend a hand to inform and guide in different fields to the sick, making associations continue to soldier on for the benefit of all who are spondylitic.
Dr. Eduardo Collantes Chief of Rheumatology, Reina Sofia Hospital (where try me) said in an interview that the doctors have little time to provide detailed information to patients, advocate associations.
The time we have been sick with biological treatment of motus itself can provide information on these therapies. The dual tandem rheumatologists and laboratories on the one hand and patients associations and other, form a compact group with a common goal, a good FeedBack (feedback), indispensable part of a communication to be fully complete and operational.
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