After being on Remicade for nearly a year, I'm really seeing the benefits. I'm still getting the infusion every five weeks and I'm at 700 mg an infusion. I usually have about a week of pretty bad pain throughout that five weeks, but that's doable and I know when it's going to happen. I recently had another kidney stone pass, I was in and out of... Read more
OK, so with Remicade, MTX, Prednisone, Meloxicam and the occasional hydrocodone, I think we finally got the right "cocktail"! It seems to be taking forever, but it's getting better. The problem is, my liver enzymes are doubled (as of a month ago). So the MTX was lowered, we'll see. For right now, I'm finally able to exercise a little more and play... Read more
OK, so I started the infusions about 1 and 1/2 months ago and all seems to be going. That's it , just going. I have no side effects, no allergic reactions and it really feels almost like a spa day at the infusion center. But......I feel worse than I did when they started. more joint pain, more fatigue, more stiffness. I understand that right now... Read more
I start Remicade Infusions on Thursday the 19th. This is the first time I've ever been scared of and Arthritis Treatment. I've now been on Mobic for nearly a month and have seen no results whatsoever, so while I'm scared of the drug, I'm also a little excited.
Now, I won't have to give myself two shots of 50mg Enbrel a week. I won't miss... Read more
OK. Went to the new rheumy yesterday. He was fine, He agreed that I probably have developed a tolerance to Enbrel, so it's time to find something new. We're trying remicade first, rituxin will come after remicade, if we have bad results. He also put be on Mobic (which, surprisingly, I had never even heard of). So we'll see.
I'm waking up with a... Read more
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