Guest guest Posted October 13, 2003 Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 Hello again! Has your Rebif worked well for your MS? Many of the interferon meds counteract the RA meds. Humira is a new biologic that can be taken for RA and MS. As you probably know, methotrexate is a chemotherapy drug in large doses. As with any med, it doesn't always work. Some cancer patients, I don't know how many, on metho have been known relapse or develop new types of cancer -- HOWEVER there has not been solid proof that the metho caused it or that it would have happened anyway. Does your rheumy and neurologist know about your previous tumor when they prescribed the metho? I honestly don't know how you would know for sure that the metho had caused the growth. In all reality, your immune system is severely compromised because of the RA and MS and tumors love that. Personally, one of the reasons I am willing to take the meds regardless of side effects is lots of diseases run in my family -- arthritis, cancer, heart disease, asthma, MS, cerebral palsy & Bell's palsy to name a few -- that it is likely I might develop one of these illnesses without the meds. I would rather be in less pain & risk side effects that may or may not happen. Unfortunately, that doesn't really answer your question but I hope it helps. Take care, Steph in VA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get McAfee virus scanning and cleaning of incoming attachments. Get Hotmail Extra Storage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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