Re: Enbrel no longer working

[Guest guest]

Hi Pat,

I was on Humira for about 3 months and it had to be discontinued as I was

getting worse. I started Enbrel in March this year and it worked brilliantly for

2 weeks, then I had a bad chest infection and have been asthmatic ever since. I

have now had Enbrel discontinued. It's bad luck more than anything, there are

some of us who are going to have to wait a bit longer for the right meds. They

are bringing out new drugs all the time, we just need to wait for the one with

our name on it!

Love and hugs

x

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From: bitsysguest <pmandell@...>

Sent: Tuesday, 14 July, 2009 2:06:10

Subject: [ ] Enbrel no longer working

Has anyone experienced Enbrel no longer being effective? I have been using

Enbrel for about 2 years. Gradually, I have become more and more exhausted, have

had more joint pain than in the past and ache all over. My rheumy has told me

that the Enbrel may no longer be effective for me and I will need to change to

another drug. Has anyone out there experienced this?

Thanks!

Pat

[Guest guest]

Pat,

Everyone is different, but I believe your body can get use to a med. I

started on Humira in 04, and was on it for quite a long while. I felt

after awhile, it was not doing its job. My doctor put me on a weekly

dose of Humira, still no better. I took Enbrel for awhile, and it

worked, and then it stopped. I'm back on Humira once again, and its

been working. So, just keep on trying to get some relief.

I hope you can get on a med, and it works for a long while for you.

Hugs,

Tawny

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> Has anyone experienced Enbrel no longer being effective? I have been

using Enbrel for about 2 years. Gradually, I have become more and more

exhausted, have had more joint pain than in the past and ache all over.

My rheumy has told me that the Enbrel may no longer be effective for me

and I will need to change to another drug. Has anyone out there

experienced this?

> Thanks!

> Pat

>

[Guest guest]

Tawny,

Thanks so much for your response. My doc has suggested that I start Humira.

We'll see how it works.....

Thanks again!

Pat

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> > Has anyone experienced Enbrel no longer being effective? I have been

> using Enbrel for about 2 years. Gradually, I have become more and more

> exhausted, have had more joint pain than in the past and ache all over.

> My rheumy has told me that the Enbrel may no longer be effective for me

> and I will need to change to another drug. Has anyone out there

> experienced this?

> > Thanks!

> > Pat

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Good luck Pat!

I hope the humira works wonders for you.

Keep us posted,

Tawny

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> Tawny,

> Thanks so much for your response. My doc has suggested that I start

Humira. We'll see how it works.....

> Thanks again!

> Pat

[Guest guest]

I hope you have better luck with the Humira, Pat. I took my 3rd injection

Wednesday and have had on/off flares for hours at a time that I haven't had

before taking it. Is this normal or what?

Dennis in eastexas

On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 4:21 PM, tdianaok <tdianaok@...> wrote:

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> Good luck Pat!

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> I hope the humira works wonders for you.

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> Keep us posted,

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> Tawny

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> > Tawny,

> > Thanks so much for your response. My doc has suggested that I start

> Humira. We'll see how it works.....

> > Thanks again!

> > Pat

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