Re: Re: new and scare to take medicine

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Hi

I take humira too and find that it does burn! Sometimes worse than

others. I leave it out for about half an hour as well....but it's worth

the burn for 2 weeks of RA relief!

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Welcome to the group, Tim! You never know what you can do until you have to, I never thought I could give myself a shot either, but you just do it to feel better. I have taken Enbrel and am currently on Humira. I will warn you, if anyone hasn't already, that it does burn like Heck. I take the med out of the fridge for about a half and hour before injecting and inject slowly, like 30 seconds to a minute. Some people ice the area before hand. It still does sting, though, but hopefully for you the results are worth it, as it has been for me. My RA is not 100% controlled but I am way better than I was before.

Good luck,

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Hi, Tim! and welcome! I take enbrel and self-inject. however, I take the 25mg shot twice a week. this lower dosage injection does NOT sting or burn. I do not warm the shot beforehand. I just take it from my fridge and pop it in my thigh or belly and I am good to go for 3 or 4 days. The first few times you self-inject are a little troubling, but I just tell myself that this is better than having diabetes and having to inject daily. gentle hugs! Marcia <catdelouise@...> wrote:

Welcome to the group, Tim! You never know what you can do until you have to, I never thought I could give myself a shot either, but you just do it to feel better. I have taken Enbrel and am currently on Humira. I will warn you, if anyone hasn't already, that it does burn like Heck. I take the med out of the fridge for about a half and hour before injecting and inject slowly, like 30 seconds to a minute. Some people ice the area before hand. It still does sting, though, but hopefully for you the results are worth it, as it has been for me. My RA is not 100% controlled but I am way better than I was before.Good luck,> Hi, Tim and welcome to the group. The medications can have some troublesome side effects like nausea and diarrhea but usually the body adapts so these stop after a little while. They can also have rare but serious side effects, and even

these often stop and reverse when the medication is stopped. On the other hand, untreated or undertreated RA usually leads to permanent joint damage from which there is no recovery. We get blood work regularly to catch any potentially serious side effects early so the effects can be managed. Most of the warnings are written by lawyers for lawyers instead of by doctors for patients. Some are warning labels on the medicine to try to avoid law suits, and others are fishing trips by trial lawyers trying to make themselves richer. Any of these do not present an accurate picture of the potential dangers of the medications. Most of us feel the medicines are by far the lesser of two evils. However, you have to decide for yourself.> > Cost of medications is often an issue. Biologics such as Humira usually cost over $1,000 a month and often insurance companies will not pay for these

until you have tried less expensive medications and found that they failed you. Methotrexate is often the first RA drug given because of expense. For many it is quite effective. However, the biologics like Humira are usually even more effective and sometimes act faster. However, any RA medicine may take several weeks to several months to become fully effective. Good luck in your choice of a treatment for your RA and God bless.> ----- Original Message ----- > From: timsmith9870 > Rheumatoid Arthritis > Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 5:57 AM> Subject: new and scare to take medicine> > > Hi all,> > I am new to this group and was recently diagnosed with RA. Was given > some choices of some medicine by my rhumatologist that is supposed to > slow down RA affected area's. I am thinking of taking

Humira, but when > I look on-line, all I see is bad side affects of it. I am scared now > to even take these drugs. Methotrexate is one also. What should I do, > all this really scares me, but I want to stop this burning feeling and > pain, and motrin isn't working as it did in the past.> > Tim > > > > > > > > >