Re: RA doctors recommending to start on Remicade

[Guest guest]

I've been on remicade now for almost 2 months and no side effects.

from maryland

[ ] RA doctors recommending to start on Remicade

Hi Everyone,

I read all the messages, but don't really write in. I really like

the feed backs, it helps to hear what you are experiencing from the

different medication, or not.

I have been on prednisone, plaquinelle and sulfasalazine, from

the beginning that I was diagnosed with RA. My RA doctor

originally found nodules on my lung, so she does not recommend, metrotrexate.

Now, I'm experiencing stiffness in my left wrist, ( I've had 3

cortisone shots since the beginning of this year, and no change.)

I also had an x-ray, which shows that.

She originally recommended Humaria, but, someone I knew, had really

bad side affects. Now she is recommending Remicade. She has given

me the Medication Guide for Remicade, I have read it, and reread

it. My concerns of the all the side effects. Can any out there,

please let me know what your experience have been.

Sincerely,

Elena

[Guest guest]

Elena,

I can empathize. Reading the side effects on any of the RA meds is VERY

discouraging. But remember that most people have very few of the side effects,

if any. Everyone is different. Both side effects and effectiveness of the med

are different in every individual. It's a matter of balancing the side effects

that you personally experience with the long-term benefits.

It helped me to look at the photos on-line of people who are crippled with

advanced RA to realize that I was willing to put up with the possibility of some

side effects to avoid being cripled.

You have to work with your doctor (mostly through trial and error) to find the

right combination of medicines that give you the fewest side effects with the

most improvement in your RA. You try one med and if it doesn't work or gives you

too many side effects, you try another; there are a lot of options in meds so

don't get discouraged too quickly. I was diagnosed a year ago with RA and we

still haven't found a combination that works for me, but we'll keep trying until

we find it. I'm starting Reicade now too and hopefully it helps, but for most of

the meds, it takes several months of taking it before you know whether or not it

really works so it can take year(s) to find out what really works without giving

you bad side effects.

Good luck in your " experimenting " .

from California

>

> Hi Everyone,

>

> I read all the messages, but don't really write in. I really like

> the feed backs, it helps to hear what you are experiencing from the

> different medication, or not.

> I have been on prednisone, plaquinelle and sulfasalazine, from

> the beginning that I was diagnosed with RA. My RA doctor

> originally found nodules on my lung, so she does not recommend,

metrotrexate.

> Now, I'm experiencing stiffness in my left wrist, ( I've had 3

> cortisone shots since the beginning of this year, and no change.)

> I also had an x-ray, which shows that.

> She originally recommended Humaria, but, someone I knew, had really

> bad side affects. Now she is recommending Remicade. She has given

> me the Medication Guide for Remicade, I have read it, and reread

> it. My concerns of the all the side effects. Can any out there,

> please let me know what your experience have been.

>

> Sincerely,

> Elena

>