Re: Re: Immune System and Enbrel

July 30, 2008

, your doctor should have required you to get a TB skin test

before starting on Enbrel. If he didn't do this, you need to ask him

about it.

People react differently to medications. I am lucky that I don't get

sick often while on Enbrel.

Sue

On Wednesday, July 30, 2008, at 06:28 PM, brendabennion wrote:

>

> I am so glad this discussion was started.. My doctor put me on Enbrel

> today, I was on Hydroxychloroquin, Sulfasalazine, and mtx. injections.

> It wasn't helping much, my blood tests were not improving. So my rhumy

> is keeping me on mtx injections once a week, taking me off the other

> two, and putting me on Enbrel. I would like to know what effects this

> has had on those of you on it, is it rare to get really sick on it? I

> am reading about it right now on " Enbrel.com " and it says you can get

> TB with it. I'm a bit nervous, though my Rheumatologist says it works

> really well and he thinks I will feel like a whole new woman on it! ...

> But I am still scared. I'm really looking forward to reading the

> responses.

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