Chronic muscle/joint pain caused by Remicade infusions? I'm only finding anecdotal evidence of long term chronic pain after discontinuing remicade, anyone have studies on the subject?
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Q: chronic joint/muscle pain caused by remicade?
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7/ 9/09 6:54am
I don't know of any studies, but you might check our rheumatoid arthritis site, MyRACentral.com as there is a lot more discussion about Remicade there.
Another good place to check for research studies is PubMed. They list all the medical studies that have been published. I'd recommend using the generic name of Remicade – infliximab – when searching since research reports and abstracts pretty much always uses the generic name.
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Thank you for your reply. I'll try to redirect my searches. I'm looking for long term prognosis, as so far the studies I've seen only mention these symptoms in the context of hypersensitivites, and mention that the symptoms should disappear with the discontinuation of the drug. Unfortunatley, in my case the symptoms haven't dissipated and my blood tests show no sings of autoimmune complexes so my doctors are unable to treat except for pain relief. A frustrating search.