How is adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) treated?

How is adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) treated?

In the disease’s early stages, doctors can prescribe nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications, like ibuprofen and naproxen, and steroid hormones to reduce inflammation, pain and fever, and prevent long-term damage to joints. If steroids are used, other drugs are given to guard against possible negative side effects from steroids, such as opportunistic infection, stomach ulcers and weak bones.

Painkillers like codeine and tramadol can also help. In severe or chronic cases, doctors can prescribe immunosuppressive drugs, which stop the immune system from attacking healthy tissue. Even after symptoms stop, doctors may have people with this condition continue taking the medications to keep inflammation under control. There is no drug combination that works for every single case.