Enbrel and numbness

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I sent this email a couple of days ago. I never say it, so I am hoping this

is one that got messed up by instead of a duplicate.

I have been having numbness for at least 5 weeks. It started in my hands

and arms, but since Thursday I have it in my arms, hands, legs, feet, and

face. At first the dr thought it was caused by swelling. I found out that

the swelling was mostly due to Nexium, go figure. The swelling was mostly

gone, and I saw my rheumy for a regular appointment. He thought I was

having a disk problem due to a car accident several years ago. So he

referred me to a neurologist. That appointment is in 2 weeks. I saw my

internist, to get rid of the swelling, and he sent me for an MRI. Well, the

MRI was fine. Absolutely nothing wrong. I found out my MRI was okay on

Thursday, when I take my enbrel shot. I take it at night, and I usually go

right to sleep afterwards. I have been having a hard time sleeping this

last week. I noticed within about 1/2 hour that my face started going numb.

Within 2 hours my face was numb and my arms and legs painfully prickly. So

now my rheumy and internist think it is the Enbrel. So I am to stop taking

that until I see the neurologist. My arms also feel very heavy and weak.

I also take Plaquenil, restatis, priolosec and synthroid. I have RA and

Sjogren's. I had RA symptoms for years, but I was just diagnosed last

summer. My RA got very very bad quickly so that is how I went from just

Sjogren's to RA also. I would like to have another baby so we are avoiding

mtx. I have been feeling really good the last month or so. Everything was

finally under control. I have been off of all prednisone for like two

months. I have even been able to exercise some.

My rheumy thinks the numbness and all should clear. Just how long? Anyone

else have this with enbrel? What were you able to take that worked. Oh, I

have great insurance so I have been getting my enbrel 90 days at a time. I

have 6 shots left. What could I do with them? Is it legal to give them to

someone else who already takes enbrel?

Thanks,

G