Guest guest Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 , Please call your doctor. I had a great experience with Enbrel until week 6 when I started having softball sized site reactions. I had to stop medication immediately. Have you tried Cimzia? Kami From: ktandtm Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 12:14 AM Subject: [ ] enbrel effectiveness Hi I haven't posted in a while but had a question. I started enbrel 4 weeks ago. It was wonderful the first 2 weeks. Week 3 the pain started getting worse and now I just took my 4th shot yesterday and my hands, wrists, elbows and knees are back to the severe pain. I have also had fluid on my elbows for 1 year now and was hoping the enbrel would cause that to go down but it hasn't. Has anyone else had this happen? I can't add Methotrexate to it. Its a drug I can't take. I had to stop the Arava due to low white blood cell counts. I am just frustrated. I have heard of these TNF's not working after a period of time but never this fast. Any info would be great. Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 Hi Kami The dialed in the Cimzia - if I take prednisone 20mg, Benadryl, and Tylenol I only get sick one day not the whole week. The Rheumy wanted for me to stay on it because my RA labs showed marked improvement. I take my next shot this Friday. We will use it until it does not work anymore. Are you still of Cimzia? How are your liver enzymes? Hugs and God bless, Vivian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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