Welcome Marisol

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Hi Marisol,

I have been on humira for quite awhile. It does take awhile to get use

to it all. There are some side effects, as any med.

Sometimes, you can have redness, swelling, and discomfort at the

injection site. When you get the hang of it all, it does get easy. I

would advice to let the humira set out 15 -20 minutes before injecting.

If not, you have a lot of burning:( You can put a icepack on the

injection site, a few minutes before starting, helps a lot.

Usually you have a choice, whether you want the syringe or pen, I use

the pen. It is so much easier:)

I don't have any side effects really. There is a burning sting when the

med is injecting, but not for long. You can have fatigue also.

Hope my words help a bit. All of this is very scary, but you will get

the hang of it. It gets easier.

Take care, and glad you joined,

Tawny

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> Hi everyone!

>

> I am 27 years old and have had RA for about a year and a half. I am

cosidering to change my medication to Humira... I am not a big fan of

the injections. Does anyone have any experiences with this medication?

side effects? does it hurt?????

>

> Marisol

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HI Marisol,

I started Humira on Easter Sunday. I am still on MTX but a lower dose

now since I added the humira. I was really nervous starting another drug an

injecting one at that. I must say the Humira did help me. I can sleep thru

the night now. I don't wake up in the night with and wrist burning. I also

have less pain in general. I asked my Rheumy for the humira kit. It

included a DVD video showing both methods of delivering the medication using the

prefilled syringe or the pen method. The kit includes a sample of the pen so

you could practice if your going to choose that method. The kit also

included a travel pack, two small ice packs and picture booklet giving

information and clear easy steps illustrations easy to follow showing both ways

of

delivering the medication. In the end I chose the pre filled syringe figuring

it would cause less trauma and I could control injecting it slowly. The

needle on the pre filled syringe is short since it is SUB Q about the needle

size of an insulin syringe needle. I leave out the humira 20 -25 min.

before injecting. I use that time to numb the area and clean my site.I also

prior to injecting check the syringe and let out the air. Numbing the site with

the little ice bag I don't feel the needle going in and injecting it very

slow I've had little to no burning. I haven't had any bruising or redness

at the site. I've so far injected in my abdomen and the thigh. I have an RA

diary. I record for that day where I injected so I remember to rotate

sites. I also use my diary to record my Rheumy visits and each week make a

short

notation on how the week went. I read it before my next Rheumy visit which

can be two months . It helps me recall in general for the Rheumy how the

two months went and if there were any problems. Please let us know how

things went for you. I wish you good relief adding the humira. ........

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> Hi everyone!

>

> I am 27 years old and have had RA for about a year and a half. I am

cosidering to change my medication to Humira... I am not a big fan of

the injections. Does anyone have any experiences with this medication?

side effects? does it hurt?????

>

> Marisol

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