Does anti-inflammatory medication treat psoriatic arthritis?

Psoriatic arthritis can cause joint pain, swelling, stiffness, tendon pain, and changes in fingers or toes. An anti-inflammatory medicine may reduce symptoms and help movement, particularly during a painful period. It may not be enough to control ongoing inflammation or protect joints from continued disease activity. Treatment decisions take account of your joints, skin symptoms, eyes, bowel symptoms, other illnesses, and current medicines. Do not stop a prescribed disease-controlling treatment because pain improves.

Follow the prescribed schedule and tell your clinician about stomach problems, kidney disease, heart conditions, high blood pressure, pregnancy, or medicines that affect bleeding. Gentle movement and physiotherapy can maintain range and strength without overloading inflamed joints. Record morning stiffness, swollen joints, skin changes, and how long relief lasts. This information helps your rheumatology team decide whether the plan needs adjustment. Protect painful joints during a flare, but avoid prolonged complete inactivity.

Arrange a review if swollen joints, prolonged morning stiffness, or tendon pain continues despite treatment, or if daily activities become harder. Seek urgent medical help for a painful red eye with light sensitivity or vision change, a hot joint with fever, sudden weakness, or severe medicine-related symptoms. Contact your clinician promptly for black stools, vomiting blood, unusual bruising, breathing difficulty, or facial swelling after taking an anti-inflammatory medicine.

Is this medicine suitable alongside my psoriasis or arthritis treatment? How will we monitor disease activity? What symptoms suggest that treatment needs escalation? Which exercises are appropriate for my affected joints? When should my next review take place?