I get my first Orencia / Abatacept Infusion on Tuesday!

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I am so excited! I just got a call from my rheumy's office and I was

approved for the drug study for abatacept and I get my first infusion

tomorrow. They said I can't take any pain killers for 12 hours prior

to the infusion and not to expect too much immediate relief afterwards.

The first infusion is only a partial dose, to make sure your body

doesn't react poorly to the meds, and then you get your second

infusion 2 weeks later. At some point, you go into the regular

schedule of monthly infusions.

I am holding out really high hopes for this new medicine, because the

pain has just been so horrible since the Enbrel / MTX combination

stopped working. I will still be taking MTX during this study.

Thanks for the support and I will keep you posted,

Miriam