Rheumatoid Arthritis - All SharePosts Relating To "Humira"

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Mark Borigini, M.D.

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posted 12/17/2008, comments (3)

For Now, Rheumatoid Arthritis Means Taking Medication For the Rest Of Your Life

The question invariably asked by every rheumatoid arthritis patient: Do I have to take these medications for the rest of my life? I do not know the answer to this question for any individual patient. But I do know that the answer, in general, is usually, yes. Yes, because there is no cure for rheumatoid arthritis. Yes, because... Read more Chevron

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LeighAnn

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posted 11/28/2008, comments (2)

tired and achy again

Can you believe the holidays are upon us already!? Yesterday was a wonderful thanksgiving as I was so thankful for have been feeling so much more like my old self the past few weeks. I have been on prednsoine for about 8 weeks now but have stepped down to the point that I have just a few more days left on this medication. I have gained nearly 15... Read more Chevron

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LeighAnn

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posted 10/27/2008, comments (11)

The end of an affair and nasty side effects

Ahh the love affair is starting to fizzle. I have been stepping down the last few weeks from prednisone and have finally reached the maintance dose that I will hold steady at for the next few weeks until my methotrexate and Humira kick in. Ahh the waiting game. I really loved the boost I got from Pred and how I had so much energy, lack of pain and... Read more Chevron

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bucky badger

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posted 10/21/2008, comments (8)

My last few months....

It has been a few months since I wrote a share post so I thought I would write some of my trials and tribulations since my last post. First my rheumatologist thought of switching me from Enbrel to Humaria since my inflammation never went away on the Enbrel and some of my joints are still swollen and painful. I will use the Humaria pen... Read more Chevron

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melanie

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posted 10/17/2008, comments (15)

help, i need support...

i guess i'm like most of y'all, i hurt, i hurt all the time. i just turned 50 which is bad enough, but i have RA with spondylosis in my hips. i had a 3 vertebrae fusion in my cervical spine 2 yrs ago with some relief of pain, but i have another bad disc (more like no disc) above where my previous surgery was. so....i have... Read more Chevron

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