Sex Differences in Time to Initiate Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs or Biologic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs Among Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis.
Divya ShridharmurthyKate L LapaneJonggyu BaekAnthony P NunesMichael H WeismanJonathan KayShao-Hsien LiuPublished in: Arthritis care & research (2024)
Prescription NSAID reception was more common than initiation of receiving bDMARDs among patients newly diagnosed with axSpA. Female patients appeared more likely to continue receiving NSAIDs after diagnosis, and the time to initiation of receiving bDMARDs was longer for female patients than for male patients.