Enbrel

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Hi all! I'm fairly new here, for those that I have not corresponded

with I have a spouse with RA (in denial) and I came to this group for

support for myself.

I recently had an appt. w/my Dr. (which is also my spouses Dr.) and

was talking to her about how my husband was doing on his Enbrel. She

continued to tell me about another patient that had severe RA and was

in the hospital for awhile. While he was in there trying several

things his Enbrel was stock piling back at home. She got the idea

finally to give him an extra dose of Enbrel a week (three times

instead of two). He was a large man and thought maybe his body needed

more. Within a month he noticed huge a difference. He recently had to

come in and see her because he hurt his knee dancing!!! Before he

went into the hospital he wasn't even walking. So she tried the same

thing on another patient and got the same results as she did with the

other one. They are now writing to the makers of Enbrel to find out

if they ever did a study involving weight vs. dosage.

Now, I realize that something like this takes careful considerations

between yourself and your Rheumy but it may be worth a try if your

not seeing the results you need!

I hope this helps and not hurts!

Good Luck to all!

Keri