Guest guest Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 thanks! If the doctor who told me about this is right, he said it doesn't have the potential side effects of the other injectables - I'll look into it more! ________________________________ From: Mimi <mimi212@...> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:35:26 AM Subject: [ ] Re: anakindra Hi - I Googled " what is anakindra? " and it came back as the generic name for Kineret, an injectable medication for the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. This same article listed it along with Humira and Enbrel - for whatever meaning there may be there. Hope this helps......Doreen --- In @gro ups.com, " activegirl1968 " <activegirl1968@ ...> wrote: Hi. Anyone ever hear of anakindra? I have had jra since age 2. I went to an allergist and he said he studied auto immune diseases too & that anakindra may work for all of us for our inflammation, and that it does not cause many negative side effects at all comparatively to all of the other options. I will let you know what I find out. thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 and Doreen, Kineret (anakinra) is a biologic interleukin-1(IL-1) receptor antagonist. Enbrel, Humira, and Remicade target TNF, and Kineret targets IL-1. Kineret is injected daily. http://www.kineretrx.com/ Not an MD On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Mimi <mimi212@...> wrote: > > > Hi - I Googled " what is anakindra? " and it came back as the > generic name for Kineret, an injectable medication for the treatment of > Rheumatoid Arthritis. This same article listed it along with Humira and > Enbrel - for whatever meaning there may be there. > > Hope this helps.....Doreen > > > > Hi. > > Anyone ever hear of anakindra? I have had jra since age 2. I went to an > allergist and he said he studied auto immune diseases too & that anakindra > may work for all of us for our inflammation, and that it does not cause many > negative side effects at all comparatively to all of the other options. I > will let you know what I find out. > > thanks, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 - any idea if it has any less side effects or risks than TNF inhibitors? On webmd it looked about the same. thanks, christine ________________________________ From: <Rheumatoid.Arthritis.Support@...> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 2:36:25 PM Subject: Re: [ ] Re: anakindra and Doreen, Kineret (anakinra) is a biologic interleukin- 1(IL-1) receptor antagonist. Enbrel, Humira, and Remicade target TNF, and Kineret targets IL-1. Kineret is injected daily. http://www.kineretrx.com/ Not an MD On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Mimi <mimi212cfl (DOT) rr.com> wrote: > > > Hi - I Googled " what is anakindra? " and it came back as the > generic name for Kineret, an injectable medication for the treatment of > Rheumatoid Arthritis. This same article listed it along with Humira and > Enbrel - for whatever meaning there may be there. > > Hope this helps.....Doreen > > > > Hi. > > Anyone ever hear of anakindra? I have had jra since age 2. I went to an > allergist and he said he studied auto immune diseases too & that anakindra > may work for all of us for our inflammation, and that it does not cause many > negative side effects at all comparatively to all of the other options. I > will let you know what I find out. > > thanks, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 , There haven't been head-to-head trials in which the anti-TNF biologics have been compared to Kineret (anakinra) for safety and efficacy in the treatment of RA. The general opinion about Kineret (anakinra) is that it is less effective than the anti-TNF biologics, and, therefore, it's not used as much. Not an MD On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:40 PM, <activegirl1968@...> wrote: > > > - any idea if it has any less side effects or risks than TNF > inhibitors? On webmd it looked about the same. > > thanks, christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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