Is Humria a drug you would or would not take?

Thank you thats pretty much what I wanted to hear . Sometimes your better off not reading and just take your doc. advice. Thank again

Thanks Kelly, I've been on it for about 3 years and no problems yet, but I 'm still having a hard time with my right knee drained every three months and cord. shots, now they are sending me to Pitts. Pa. To have that checked out by the best so they say. I go June the 8th and from there I think it'll be the knife. Lol. Tanks for the info. You no longer take Humria or what?

Two months ago, my dr. suggested changing to Enbrel since I have never (also 3 years) seen a moment of remission. I guess they think I should have by now... Anyway, I'd give anything to have that choice back today. I wrote about this on my new blog just this week. You can look at it on blogspot. I am rheumatoidarthritiswarrior@blogspot.com. Please keep me updated about the knee. Sounds nasty for ya. take care, Kelly

Hi Kelly, It would not let me into it to read. Are you saying that you like the Humria alot better or no. I've herd alot of people do not like the Enbrel . Would you go back to the humria or what? Today she wanted me to read up on Remicade and take that in to mind. I've doctored for this shit from 1999 along with having lymes for the past 3 years. they say once you get bite once they tend to come back for more they leave a sweet sent to you. I will get back to you and let you know how the knee goes it might be the best thing thats happened to me, for theres been so many days I could not even get out of the bed when I flair I do it right. At one point I did pred. infusions that last for 2 hours that was fun days and very long 2hrs down 2 there and 2 back made me sick. I hope your doing well with your  R/A and that all your meds are working for you. Keep in touch.

sorry. I think it's because I was in there posting. wish i knew for sure. please try again.

Humira was a miracle, but not a cure. so the dr. said try Enbrel. Anyway the Enbrel is a once a week shot and the H. is a every other week one. (Lasts for 2 weeks). For me, I used Humira every single week. So, Enbrel is like sorta cutting my dose down. sigh. Good Luck,  Kelly

Nope just sends me to this little e-mail box thats it. and that boxes lets me do nothing .I hope I can get in there I'd love to read some of the stuff. You know you look very young.

ah susan -

dummy me - I messed it up-

try this:   rawarrior.blogspot.com

learned my lesson the hard way

probably won't do that again.

sorry, Kelly 

Still a no go

that's so weird. do you need  a www?

www.rawarrior.blogspot.com  seems to be working from all our computers. really, not trying to add aggravation, but reduce!! for pete's sake. ~K 

Good morning Kelly, made my trip as a matter of fact I made 3 trips out there and back 3 different doc. They all said the same thing to high of a risk basely they said I'll need a knee replacement 2 years down the road anyway, so why go through all this now at a very high risk when I'll need other done. I take way to many meds for this to be safe. Take me off the meds. to do it then you have the chance of magior flair ups, so I guess I live with if for now. Do not get me wrong they will do if it is what I want but they do no agree with it if thats what I want. So I 'll use my head for now and wait it out for as long as I can. That's the thoughts of 4 different Doc. now so they must know what they are doing . So HOW ARE THINGS GOING FOR ?

Hi, Question why do you doc. so far away? DO you go there every three months or what? I know when your on all these meds. you are to be watched every three months and have all blood work done on a reg. bases. The blood work is every important while doing these meds. I love my R/A DOC  and even the one I had before this ,but he was to far to travel every three months and when I had really bad flare ups, so I looked long and hard for another good one in my area and she's great. It's just like going to my old one whom I did travel there for 11 years, but it just got to be to much or I just got to old LOL. Always when looking for your new Doc. make sure it's one who cares and ask you lots of questions and who lets you speak as much as they do and when that happens you'll know they care and are not just in it for the money. good luck.

i libe 100 miles south of Atlanta, and here in the town i live in there are only2 rhuemy's. Yhey both suck, have been to both and fired them. I found Dr, Robin ay the Emoey clinic he is really great. Best one i have found so far.

sorry about the spelling too early in the am and really stiff..... My doc is at the Emory Clinic in Atl. He isa really good one.

Thanks for the info. My question to you and all of you who has given me an answer, do you guys all go on a reg. bases, such as I go every 3months and I have blood work every three months My doc. is great they watch me very close and are well on top of all changes with me . I am going to read upon the Remicade and think it over after my trip to Pittsburge Pa. Thats where they are sending me for my knee which stays flared all the time. If it were not for this damn right knee I do great on the Humria, maybe once a year I have a really really bad flare up, but with my knee staying in full flare it seems to hit me every where. I'm really tired of the R/A stuff and I soon hope they get me back on track, and do something with this knee ,very painful. Good Luck with your R/A and I hope everything works out for you.

Well, I sure hope you feel better soon and your knee improves. I can definitely relate to it, just be careful. I actually found out about my RA after a series of serious falls. My knees and ankles were so swollen, after being on crutches for awhile, I fell down some stairs and fractured my left foot and tore ligaments and tendons in my left ankle!

It later required two separate surgeries and an ankle reconstruction.

As for how often I receive the Humira, I used to go to the infusion clinic every two weeks, then they changed it to once a week. Now, actually I do the injections at home on my own every two weeks. Isn't Remicade an IV infusion biologic drug?

Good luck and hope all works out for you, too.

Yes it is and after reading it and all the safety information I do not feel the need for that. Read up on that it's scarey as hell. there is alot of side effects from that. I just wish there was natural cure for this and they could stick these meds. Thanks for the info.and good luck to you too.

Yes i travel to atlanta every 3 months for check ups and blood work. I was diagnosed with RA in 1994, at the age of 33. I had just started a business and had everything going good in my life. I finally gave up the barbering business in 2001. My hands, wrist, and feet just couldn't take it anymore. Now it's disability and i feel my life has just been sucked away from me. I still have goo and bad days. Always waiting for the good ones to arrive. I have lived with chronic pain since 1994 so my heart goes out to you. I have found a pain management doc here where i live, after years of percocet, lortabs and ultram we will see where he takes it. Hope he has some good ideas, when it comes to pain, seems like all the docs i have seen just don't like to write those narcotic scripts. Too many people abusing them and getting them, especially people that don't need them in the first place. Makes it hard for us that desperately need them.

Hope your knee gets better and you feel like a spring chicken soon sweetie.