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Does SI joint erosion on MRI pelvis push you to use TNF inhibitors over NSAIDs as first line for axial spondyloarthritis?

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Rheumatology · University of Wisconsin Madison
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A decision to consider TNFi (or another targeted therapy) over initial NSAID therapy depends primarily on disease severity, symptom burden, and impact on quality of life, presence of significant peripheral disease (where csDMARDs have already failed or resulted in side effects), contraindications or...

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