Guest guest Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 G'day Cinday, well the Basics.. 1st find a real good Rheumatologist. Ask around ,in your community or ask your Primary care Dr for a referral. Getting proactive is a must if you want to slow the disease down. Depending on you and the Dr.There are meds called DMARDS-biologics. The 3 main ones are Remicade ,which you get through an IV and ther is Enbrel you can inject that either in one 50mg dose or 2 -25mg doses.And there is Humeria,also injected. The needles are so small they do not hurt. Seriously,nothing to be freaked about.Alot of times the Dr will prescribe a drug called Methatrexate or MTX for short. by pill or injection. there are fewer side effects with the injection.There are also meds like placquinel and Arava. I have been on all except Humera. I am on Enbrel and MTX. What they do is lower your immune system so your body isn't attacking itself so rapidly. Some have the disease worse than others. Every body is different and reacts different. Cannot express the need the Educate yourself enough.Go to alot of different medical sites . Each one will have more or less than the other ones.You are not alone..remember that. You did nothing to bring this on yourself. It just happens . There was nothing you couold have done to prevent this.So in that I shall leave the rest to the others.Welcome..you are among friends now......Skye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Thanks, Skye, I appreciate the info. I'm not freaked out by injections; I had to do a 6 month chemotherapy like treatment for Hepatitis C in which Ihad to give myself injections 3 times/week, so that's no biggie. While the hep c is in remission, the RA has gotten worse. I used to be able to ignore it, but now I can't. Is it common to have depression during a flare up? It really seems to bring me down in a major way. I'm not normally like that. Also, I seem to bloat up during a flare up. Is this typical? I haven't found that in the info I've been reading so far. Thanks for all your help. I look forward to educating myself so I know the best treatment to slow down this disease. > > G'day Cinday, well the Basics.. 1st find a real good > Rheumatologist. Ask around ,in your community or ask your Primary > care Dr for a referral. Getting proactive is a must if you want to > slow the disease down. Depending on you and the Dr.There are meds > called DMARDS-biologics. The 3 main ones are Remicade ,which you get > through an IV and ther is Enbrel you can inject that either in one > 50mg dose or 2 -25mg doses.And there is Humeria,also injected. The > needles are so small they do not hurt. Seriously,nothing to be > freaked about.Alot of times the Dr will prescribe a drug called > Methatrexate or MTX for short. by pill or injection. there are fewer > side effects with the injection.There are also meds like placquinel > and Arava. I have been on all except Humera. I am on Enbrel and MTX. > What they do is lower your immune system so your body isn't > attacking itself so rapidly. Some have the disease worse than > others. Every body is different and reacts different. Cannot express > the need the Educate yourself enough.Go to alot of different medical > sites . Each one will have more or less than the other ones.You are > not alone..remember that. You did nothing to bring this on yourself. > It just happens . There was nothing you couold have done to prevent > this.So in that I shall leave the rest to the others.Welcome..you > are among friends now......Skye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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