Guest guest Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 Hi : I just wanted to welcome you to our wonderful group. I can't answer your questions about Humira as I have never taken it. I was sorry to read that RA reared its ugly head to you. It is a mean disease. I do know that it takes quite awhile to find the right combo " cocktails " of our medicines to feel better. I have had RA for 6 1/2 years, but I am sure much longer. I take Pred., Sulfasalizine, MTX injections, and Leucovorin, Placquenil. I have been on Pred. and MTX since day one. I have been in a medicine induced remission for 1 year now. No pain, swelling or flares. I have no idea how long this will last, but I am grateful for each day withour pain and suffering. Wishing you good luck with your meds, and to be pain free. hugs, Barbara From: nancymillerellis <nancymillerellis@...> Subject: [ ] Methotrexate & Humira Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 8:10 AM > I have been reading the the wonderful dialogue here for several months, but have never written before. I was just diagnosed with RA in May 2009, but now that I know what it is, I can tell it has been clearly going on for at least 5 years or more (I'm 54). > > I have a great reumy, but we still have not found the right combo of medicines - I'm currently taking 8 metho pills once a week and self injection of humera every other week. > > Now, my 2 questions - HAS ANYONE HAD METHO KEEP YOU UP AT NIHTS? I take 4 pills Sun night and 4 pills Mon morning (to help minimize the nausea and fever/chills) and I have just in the past few weeks realized that I am having problems sleeping Monday nights (as you can tell because it's 3:40 AM in California now). > > Also, I've only had 4 shots of humira so far, but that is 8 weeks - it seems to have helped my knee some but I don't think it's helping my wrists and hands much. Time will tell more about that. But, I have noticed that for a few days after I take the Humira I have extreme muscle aches in my legs and my joint pain almost seems to be worse than it did the couple days before the injection. Has anyone else ever noticed these side effects with Humira? > > Thanks so much for your help. Ellis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 Hi , I took Humira for about 2 years before it quit working as well for me but it did take some time to kick in and before I switched to Enbrel we had upped the dose of Humira to once a week. I also take Methotrexate, six pills but it doesn't keep me awake. (Not much does). I hope you find a combination that works for you quickly. Take care, Amy From: nancymillerellis <nancymillerellis@...> Subject: [ ] Methotrexate & Humira Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 6:10 AM > I have been reading the the wonderful dialogue here for several months, but have never written before. I was just diagnosed with RA in May 2009, but now that I know what it is, I can tell it has been clearly going on for at least 5 years or more (I'm 54). > > I have a great reumy, but we still have not found the right combo of medicines - I'm currently taking 8 metho pills once a week and self injection of humera every other week. > > Now, my 2 questions - HAS ANYONE HAD METHO KEEP YOU UP AT NIHTS? I take 4 pills Sun night and 4 pills Mon morning (to help minimize the nausea and fever/chills) and I have just in the past few weeks realized that I am having problems sleeping Monday nights (as you can tell because it's 3:40 AM in California now). > > Also, I've only had 4 shots of humira so far, but that is 8 weeks - it seems to have helped my knee some but I don't think it's helping my wrists and hands much. Time will tell more about that. But, I have noticed that for a few days after I take the Humira I have extreme muscle aches in my legs and my joint pain almost seems to be worse than it did the couple days before the injection. Has anyone else ever noticed these side effects with Humira? > > Thanks so much for your help. Ellis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 Hi . I was diagnosed with RA about 2 years ago, and am currently taking Humira. I started on 7 Methotrexate pills weekly and 2 Humira injections per month. With this concoction I was still having FLARES. So my rheumy increase the MTX to 8cc injection per week with the Humira. Still having FLARES. The next step was to increase the Humira injections to weekly. This combination seems to be having an affect. I continue to have some pain in my right ankle, hands and hips, but it is much more bearable than when in a FLARE. The Humira doesn't keep me up at night, but I have noticed that when I am taking prednisone I don't sleep as well. The major side effect I have with the amount of MTX and Humira now is nausea and headache. I hope this helps and that you find the right combination for you. --- In , " nancymillerellis " <nancymillerellis@...> wrote: > > > I have been reading the the wonderful dialogue here for several months, but have never written before. I was just diagnosed with RA in May 2009, but now that I know what it is, I can tell it has been clearly going on for at least 5 years or more (I'm 54). > > > > I have a great reumy, but we still have not found the right combo of medicines - I'm currently taking 8 metho pills once a week and self injection of humera every other week. > > > > Now, my 2 questions - HAS ANYONE HAD METHO KEEP YOU UP AT NIHTS? I take 4 pills Sun night and 4 pills Mon morning (to help minimize the nausea and fever/chills) and I have just in the past few weeks realized that I am having problems sleeping Monday nights (as you can tell because it's 3:40 AM in California now). > > > > Also, I've only had 4 shots of humira so far, but that is 8 weeks - it seems to have helped my knee some but I don't think it's helping my wrists and hands much. Time will tell more about that. But, I have noticed that for a few days after I take the Humira I have extreme muscle aches in my legs and my joint pain almost seems to be worse than it did the couple days before the injection. Has anyone else ever noticed these side effects with Humira? > > > > Thanks so much for your help. > Ellis > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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