[Therapeutic effects of anti-rheumatic tablet in ankylosing spondylitis]

188 patients of ankylosing spondylitis were treated with anti-rheumatic tablet compared with 30 patients with Indomethacin as control group. The results showed that spinal antiflexion and finger-ground test of both treated group and control group had improved significantly (P less than 0.05), but lateral curvature movement, thorax expansion test, 20 m walking time, and the levels of IgG, IgA, IgM, C3, ESR, CRP of the treated group had marked difference compared with those treated before (P less than 0.01). It was proved that in the treated group, the marked effective rate was 53.72%, while in the control group was 20.00%. There was significant difference between the two groups in effective rate (P less than 0.001). This revealed that anti-rheumatic tablet is a kind of ideal drug in treating ankylosing spondylitis.