RE: Cancer & Humira

[Guest guest]

PLEASE be very careful with the HUMIRA. I had a near death experience

with pneumonia caused by my usage of Humira and was told now that I

can no longer take any biologics. Please be very cautious. Sometimes

I think we are being used as guinea pigs. There is a warning about

the infections and cancer right on the info packet that comes with

your Humira so I definitely think it should be taken seriously.

I decided being crippled up was better than being dead. Good luck to

you.

Tracie

>

> I have been using Humira for RA about 10 months now and recently

read

> this article about the link between Humira and Cancer.

> http://www.arthritis.org/resources/news/TNF_infection_malignancy.asp?

> CampaignId=E06F1N1MYZZ020623385

>

> Can someone please tell me if it's true, and how concerned I should

be?

>

> Thank-you,

> Riley

> priley@...

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Tracie,

I don't take Humira, and don't know what it is. But I do have

thyroid cancer.

Debbie L

> >

> > I have been using Humira for RA about 10 months now and recently

> read

> > this article about the link between Humira and Cancer.

> >

http://www.arthritis.org/resources/news/TNF_infection_malignancy.asp?

> > CampaignId=E06F1N1MYZZ020623385

> >

> > Can someone please tell me if it's true, and how concerned I

should

> be?

> >

> > Thank-you,

> > Riley

> > priley@

> >

>

[Guest guest]

This is absolutely true. I have had by far reactions to NSAIDS than Humira type

medications. Mobic gave me AWFUL, emergency room worthy headaches. I had a cat

scan and MRI due to those headaches but when I ran out of it for a few days my

headaches went away. Its replacement was Arthotec which caused some sort of

uterine bleeding. I would bleed between cycles and Christmas Eve I was cramping

so bad it brought tears to my eyes. Turned out I was losing blood and had to go

to the ER. I was in shock. No one had thought the spotting was a big deal.

You just get use to thinking of script NSAIDS as strong Tylenol, that it is like

popping candy.

Tylenol and aspirin can cause death if you are allergic. Food allergies, just

touching some can cause deadly reactions. The point is you don't know until you

try. Every day is an adventure and you can't go overboard with worry. When you

know the risks you do have to be cautious and watch for the signs. It shouldn't

consume you though.

Shandi

Re: [ ] Re: Cancer & Humira

Tracie

I took Humeri for over a year with no problems. I think we all have reactions

to different things sometimes it is drugs. I had kidney failure from a simple

anti-inflammatory drug called mobic! So who knows, I guess we all have to decide

for ourselves if it is worth the risk. in WI

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[Guest guest]

,

My daughter takes Humira and MTX weekly to combat her RA. She is

functioning at a fully normal level now and we have these drugs to thank.

Based on the speed at which her disease was progressing, I have every reason

to believe she would be in a wheelchair today if she were not taking these

drugs. She is 12 years old.

Here is how her rheumatologist explained the cancer risk in these drugs.

Everyone in the world has basically a 1% of getting cancer. Some have a

slightly higher risk because of family background. When you are diagnosed

with RA, you now have about a 2.5 or 3% chance of getting cancer. Just

having this disease in the first place increases your risk of cancer some

time in your future. When you start taking these meds, you increase your

risk to 3.5 to 4% chance. Your risk only increases very slightly by taking

the drugs based on research. However, it does increase.

Knowing this and knowing the rate at which your disease is progressing is

the key to deciding how concerned you should be.

Hope that helps.

Lori