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posted 11/11/2009, comments (4)

Humira side effects

i was diagnosed RA a year ago. i was taking prednisone 10 mg/day, meth 10 mg/week and folic acid 1mg/day. my blood sugar was rather high. i think that is due to the prednisone. when i switched to another rheumatalogy, she took me off the prednison and increased the meth to 15mg/wk plus eflunomide 20 mg/day. it has been for... Read more Chevron

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Katalina

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posted 11/11/2009, comment (1)

? about flaring

Hello, I am a 63yr old Dx'd with RA+ILD in 04/07. Have been receiving IV infusions of 750mg abatacept since 01/09 along with daily, oral 5mg pred. and IA pred. PRN, usually 40mg in hands/fingers at least every 3 mos. I've flared pretty badly within 48hrs following my last two infusions and am now at day #8 post infusion... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/09/2009, comments (6)

Biological meds and headaches

I'm on my second biological med since April (Enbrel first, now Cimzia). When I first started Enbrel I would get headaches periodically. Since starting Cimzia (once a month injection), I get debilitating migraines. Last month it went on for about 2 weeks after injection. This month, the first week has not been fun. The good news is that my RA... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/09/2009, comments (2)

Complications of Having Rheumatoid Arthritis and Diabetes

As I live with the comorbidity of multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, I am very interested in learning more about comorbidities in general. The coupling of diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis is one for which there is not a large amount of literature. Normally I write at the MS and RA sites here at HealthCentral and when I was asked to... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/09/2009, comment (1)

Diagnosing Rheumatoid Arthritis

for about a year now my hands have been hurting,they tingle and burn and they swell and turn red and the bottom joint and hurt very much.Now they are stiff in the morning and I can not walk very well as my hips and my feet and ankles and knees are stiff and hurt so bad!! It is bad in the morning and after I have sat for awhile and really... Read more Chevron

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