Guest guest Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Hi Vickie.... I had to stop Humira because I had a bad reaction to it. I had injected the first time and it got red and burnt and started hurting again 4 days later. That didn't go away for about 2 weeks. It burnt the whole time and felt like a continuous burn.. I thought maybe I had hit a vein or something and the next time, it did the same thing....but this time...the injected area was huge and big and hard..purple red and I couldn't even lay in my bed with a sheet on my leg. I had to keep my leg out of the covers and had a ceiling fan blow on it....it was burning so bad. I couldn't even put pants on. I called my dr and he said to take benadryl before my next injection. She assured me that is will help and that this happens alot. I told her, it was bad..I don't think so. Assured me the benadyl would help and it would be okay with my next injection. So, on my 3rd injection, I took the benadryl...it helped a little because it didn't burn for 2 whole weeks and didn't get as big hard or red as the last one did but still it was a bad reaction. I was still dealing with my 2nd injection site....it was still red and burnt and by then had formed a huge scab...the scab came off about 1 month later and I had developed a decubitus (pressure) ulcer that I had to go to the wound care center for 2 months to get it to heal. It was amess. My rheumy took me off the humira and now I am on Arava. I reported this all to my rheumy, to Abbot Lab (I think that is who makes the Humira) and to the FDA. I don't know if it was a bad batch or the premix that I couldn't take. I had used Humira a few years ago with no side effects at all so this was kind of a shock to me. I'm sure this is a rare occurence. This injection always burns and there's no way of getting around it. I had used Enbrel in the past (that oen I mixed myself) and had no burn problems. Hope your next injection is better. maybe call your dr and see if he/she susggests benadryl before injection. Hugs..a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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