Re: arava Carol (Esther's mom)

[Guest guest]

Carol:

So sorry to hear about your daughter having

pancreatitis which may be related from taking Arava.

So often we try to take meds to help us deal with the

RA, only to find they do more damage than the RA.

I was on Arava for about six months, and had big

stomach problems with it, mostly very sudden (and I

mean sudden lol) diarrhea, but the thing that stopped

my Arava useage was peripheral neuropathy. The PN

stopped a few months later after I went off of Arava,

as did the stomach problems, so maybe stopping Arava

will help some with Esther too.

It's too bad I had to stop too, as Arava was helping,

but I was also taking Mtx at the same time, so I think

it was them together that was really good.

I hope that they can get the pancreatitis under

control soon - hang in there -

Kathe in CA

--- Esther Finlaw <honeynut@...> wrote:

> My daughter has been taking Arava and now she has

> pancreatitis which

> they think came from Arava. The pain of this is

> greater than the pain of

> her arthritis and she cannot enjoy food right now.

> Just wonder if anyone

> else had this side effect.

>

> Carol.....Esther's Mom

>

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[Guest guest]

Carol please tell Esther she is not forgotten here. Lots of prayers being sent

on her behalf.

Hugs

June

----- Original Message -----

From: Kathe Sabetzadeh

Carol:

So sorry to hear about your daughter having

pancreatitis which may be related from taking Arava.

So often we try to take meds to help us deal with the

RA, only to find they do more damage than the RA.

I was on Arava for about six months, and had big

stomach problems with it, mostly very sudden (and I

mean sudden lol) diarrhea, but the thing that stopped

my Arava useage was peripheral neuropathy. The PN

stopped a few months later after I went off of Arava,

as did the stomach problems, so maybe stopping Arava

will help some with Esther too.

It's too bad I had to stop too, as Arava was helping,

but I was also taking Mtx at the same time, so I think

it was them together that was really good.

I hope that they can get the pancreatitis under

control soon - hang in there -

Kathe in CA

--- Esther Finlaw <honeynut@...> wrote:

> My daughter has been taking Arava and now she has

> pancreatitis which

> they think came from Arava. The pain of this is

> greater than the pain of

> her arthritis and she cannot enjoy food right now.

> Just wonder if anyone

> else had this side effect.

>

> Carol.....Esther's Mom

>

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