Treating ReA with a combination of antibiotics

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I have been fighting ReA off and on since my late 20s (I am now 48).

The Rhuematologists I have seen all prescribe the same progression of

drugs starting with the typical assortment of NSAID's, SulfaSalizine,

and then the host steroid based drugs.

I am wondering why so few doctors consider trying a combination of

antibiotics (minocycline, metronidazole, etc) which has been suggested

and used with good success (based on a number of reports I have read).

Does anyone in this group have any experience with this type of

treatment; I am trying to talk my doctor into trying somethin in this

directin before going to the steroid based medications.