Re: Re: enbrel effectiveness/KaTIE

[Guest guest]

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As the weeks progressed, the injection site reaction got larger, hotter, and

harder to deal with. She prescribed a prednisone taper to get the inflammation

down and after the 3rd softball size reaction, stopped Enbrel altogether. She

said that she did not like that side effect and that there was a possibility

that at one time, ALL of my injection sites could " reactivate " leaving me to be

one big hive! I also used a cortisone cram that did nothing for the ISR. The

Prednisone helped but I still have discoloration where my injection sites

were....

My daughter has been taking Enbrel for 6 months with no problems whatsoever!

Make sure you tell him EVERYTHING... The feeling better at first and then as

time went on, it lessened. Also about the welts. Take pics if need be,

Good luck!

Kami

From: ktandtm

Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 3:02 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: enbrel effectiveness/Kami

Kami,

What did your doc say about the softball size reaction? Did he say why that

probably happened? The reason I ask it because the first 2 weeks I didn't have

not even a sign that I gave myself an injection. The last two injection sights

have made a big red whelp about the size of a 1/2 dollar but not painful. I see

my doc the end of next week so one more shot before I see him. I feel like they

never want to discontinue stuff just tell you to suck it up and keep going. So

frustrating.