Re: Reactive Arthritis and TNF Inhibitors

[Guest guest]

id be very suspect of the tests. I was neg until they found chalmidya

in my eyes and wanted to give me eye drops.

needless to say if its not PCR test then its probably useless.

ReA is well documented now to be caused by infection. IMO Cipro is

the only abx in town tough enough to deal with this beast

6 weeks min, cycles.

On 25 Nov 2010, at 06:51, steelerstwo wrote:

> Hello - I am 43 - diagnosed with reactive arthritis. Pain in eyes,

> urethra and joints from toes to fingers. Was given diclofenac sp?

> and it made me jaundice. I am currently on doxycycline, naproxen

> and prednizone. The stiffness has subsided a bit but the pain is

> fine one day and then tough for 4 or 5. The doctor now believes I

> am headed for a TNF Inhibitor. The question, who has experience

> with these? Do you believe they will work? How long should I expect

> to be on them? I know they are expensive, how expensive?

>

> I am negative for genetic markers and the obvious food allergies.

> And I have tested negative for std's. Any help would be great.

> thank you.

>

> Greg

>

>

[Guest guest]

Agentbleu,

You write that " IMO Cipro is the only abx in town tough enough to

deal with this beast (reactive arthritis). " Can you point to any web

pages or other documentation to support you statement? Members of

this group, in particular me, would be most interested.

I have been diagnosed with reactive arthritis (ReA) and am about to

take my third auto-injection of the TNF inhibitor Simponi in early

December. My first auto-injection was at the end of September and

worked like magic, but the second injection did not do that much.

In parallel with Simponi, I am also on an antibiotic treatment

consisting of 300 mg on Doxycycline on MWF and 500 mg of azithromycin

(generic for Zithromax) on TTS.

Sincerely, Harald

At 12:02 AM 11/25/2010, Agentbleu wrote:

>id be very suspect of the tests. I was neg until they found chalmidya

>in my eyes and wanted to give me eye drops.

>

>needless to say if its not PCR test then its probably useless.

>ReA is well documented now to be caused by infection. IMO Cipro is

>the only abx in town tough enough to deal with this beast

>

>6 weeks min, cycles.

[Guest guest]

I reluctantly went on Enbrel and it has been a quality of life saver. A month

worths of injections (4) is about $1800.00.

Good luck,

Sue

---- steelerstwo <gheister@...> wrote:

> Hello - I am 43 - diagnosed with reactive arthritis. Pain in eyes, urethra

and joints from toes to fingers. Was given diclofenac sp? and it made me

jaundice. I am currently on doxycycline, naproxen and prednizone. The stiffness

has subsided a bit but the pain is fine one day and then tough for 4 or 5. The

doctor now believes I am headed for a TNF Inhibitor. The question, who has

experience with these? Do you believe they will work? How long should I expect

to be on them? I know they are expensive, how expensive?

>

> I am negative for genetic markers and the obvious food allergies. And I have

tested negative for std's. Any help would be great. thank you.

>

> Greg

>

[Guest guest]

I went on Cipro and it cured it.

On 26 Nov 2010, at 18:47, <semrick@...> wrote:

> I reluctantly went on Enbrel and it has been a quality of life

> saver. A month worths of injections (4) is about $1800.00.

>

> Good luck,

> Sue

> ---- steelerstwo <gheister@...> wrote:

> > Hello - I am 43 - diagnosed with reactive arthritis. Pain in

> eyes, urethra and joints from toes to fingers. Was given diclofenac

> sp? and it made me jaundice. I am currently on doxycycline,

> naproxen and prednizone. The stiffness has subsided a bit but the

> pain is fine one day and then tough for 4 or 5. The doctor now

> believes I am headed for a TNF Inhibitor. The question, who has

> experience with these? Do you believe they will work? How long

> should I expect to be on them? I know they are expensive, how

> expensive?

> >

> > I am negative for genetic markers and the obvious food allergies.

> And I have tested negative for std's. Any help would be great.

> thank you.

> >

> > Greg

> >

>

>