Guide To Treating Arachnoiditis

Anti-Inflammatory Medication

Although arachnoiditis is a pain-related disease, pain relief medications isn't an ideal course of treatment. Opioids, in particular, are a dangerous class of drugs recommended less and less due to the risk of patients becoming addicted. Instead, doctors are likely to recommend anti-inflammatory medication to patients instead. These come in two classes: steroids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Steroids are very hard on the body in the long term, so doctors will likely only recommend them to help control a flare-up. Once things have returned to the baseline, it is likely regular maintenance medication will be a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Anti-inflammatory medication, however, can have long-term adverse side effects if patients don’t follow their doctor’s and pharmacist’s directions precisely.