Re:On Enbrel, mtx,10mg of prednisone and getting worse:(

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Sorry your feeling so bad. I don't remember how long it took for my methotrexate

to work, but the Enbrel didn't really start to do anything for about 4 months.

Now I'm getting near to six months. About the 5Th month I noticed I wasn't

having shooting pains in my finger joints any more. This last week I noticed

that my hands were much less still and it was much easier for me to tear open

the medicines for my patients (I'm a nurse) when I was at work on Friday. Just

the last couple of days I've felt much more energetic. I'm feeling hopeful,

finally.

[Guest guest]

Hi Elaine,

Thanks. Wow, four months is a long time to feel better. I'll stick with it

then. All this got

really bad after I had 2 hip replacement surgeries last Fall. Real bummer.

Thanks,

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> Sorry your feeling so bad. I don't remember how long it took for my

methotrexate to

work, but the Enbrel didn't really start to do anything for about 4 months. Now

I'm getting

near to six months. About the 5Th month I noticed I wasn't having shooting pains

in my

finger joints any more. This last week I noticed that my hands were much less

still and it

was much easier for me to tear open the medicines for my patients (I'm a nurse)

when I

was at work on Friday. Just the last couple of days I've felt much more

energetic. I'm

feeling hopeful, finally.

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