Guest guest Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 I was on MTX and after about a year of trying and tons of nasty side effects I went to Arava. No side effects at all. Worked great for me. Now I am currently off all meds. No rheummy at this time. I fired him. He was horrible. So we shall see. Toni **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Toni, what a great result. Hope this happens for me. All the best Pennie [ ] Re:Avaara Anyone? I was on MTX and after about a year of trying and tons of nasty side effects I went to Arava. No side effects at all. Worked great for me. Now I am currently off all meds. No rheummy at this time. I fired him. He was horrible. So we shall see. Toni ************ **Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living. aol.com/video/ how-to-please- your-picky- eater/rachel- campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID= aolcmp0030000000 2598) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Hi Toni, I was on Arava for 6 years and it worked awesome for me. my symptoms were virtually gone. at first losing my hair was freaky enough that i almost went off of it. my hair was really falling out. my doc dropped me from 20mg to 10mg and my hair quit falling out. Once my body got used to it i was able to go back to the 20mg and my hair was fine and grew back. Last April my liver function test came back very elevated. Doc thought it was the arava and took me off of it. After 4months my tests were back to normal so it was the Arava that caused it. Why would i be fine for 6 years on it and all of a sudden it effects my liver? i have no idea but i'm on Humira now. wish i could've stayed on the Arava because it worked wonders. Hope it works as well for you! Lori > > I was on MTX and after about a year of trying and tons of nasty side effects > I went to Arava. No side effects at all. Worked great for me. Now I am > currently off all meds. No rheummy at this time. I fired him. He was horrible. So > we shall see. > > Toni > > > > **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. > (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel- campos-duffy/ > 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Lori, I tried Humira. It was horrible. I had lots of issues with burning and pain from the injection as well as site reactions. Not just normal burn a little while injecting. This type of burning lasted for hours later as well as my my skin turned scalded red color. so because of that I choose to stop it. The pain from the injections were not worth the risk to me. I have a lot of problems with side effects from meds. I also have problems with meds that work to begin with then stop working or I start to develop all kinds of side effects. Right now I am on Lodine XL as needed....and that is it. I really like the Arava but with no rheummy then there is no one to do the monthly blood work. Not to mention with my insurance the cost is prohibitive for me. Toni _Avaara Anyone? _ ( /message/110010;_ylc=X3oDMTJya2EyaWN0BF\ 9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzEwMTQ3OARncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNjE0OTgE bXNnSWQDMTEwMDEwBHNlYwNkbXNnBHNsawN2bXNnBHN0aW1lAzEyMDQzNDg4MTA-) Posted by: " Lori " _dart_guru@... _ (mailto:dart_guru@...?Subject= Re:Avaara%20Anyone?) _dartguru2001 _ (dartguru2001) Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:42 am (PST) Hi Toni, I was on Arava for 6 years and it worked awesome for me. my symptoms were virtually gone. at first losing my hair was freaky enough that i almost went off of it. my hair was really falling out. my doc dropped me from 20mg to 10mg and my hair quit falling out. Once my body got used to it i was able to go back to the 20mg and my hair was fine and grew back. Last April my liver function test came back very elevated. Doc thought it was the arava and took me off of it. After 4months my tests were back to normal so it was the Arava that caused it. Why would i be fine for 6 years on it and all of a sudden it effects my liver? i have no idea but i'm on Humira now. wish i could've stayed on the Arava because it worked wonders. Hope it works as well for you! Lori **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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