Etanercept and shingles
Common Questions and Answers about Etanercept and shingles
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Our aim was to investigate the efficacy and safety of etanercept as adjuvant to interferon and ribavirin in treatment-naive patients with HCV. METHODS: Double-blind, randomized, placebo controlled trial. Fifty patients with chronic HCV were randomly assigned to receive interferon alfa-2b and ribavirin with either etanercept or placebo for 24 weeks. The main outcome measure was the absence of HCV RNA at 24 weeks, the on treatment response at the end of the etanercept randomization period.
Can a perispinal etanercept injection help heal severe pain linked to the piriformous muscle?
Hi!
Well, peri spinal etanercept is a relatively new therapy for sciatica type of pain. However, as with any new therapy, it has its success and failure stories. It is however known to penetrate the spinal fluid and cause rapid relief in pain. The negative side is that there is no pain relief (which actually cannot be a negative side as you are already in pain). As a note of caution: this mode of drug delivery with etanercept is still in late experimental stage.
I have been on methotrexate for over 20 years and also have been on etanercept (enbrel) but now am only on methotrexate, celebrex and infusions of rituxan every 6 months. I read about all the adverse reactions of all the meds I take and these have never been associated with either of your meds.
it could be the vitamin d and calcium deficiencies. best of luck to you.
How were you diagnosed as having shingles? Shingles very rarely reoccurs. I'd be questioning the diagnosis of shingles at this point if I were you.
I recently had an outbreak and my doctor tested for herpes by swabbing and blood test. The swab was positive and the blood test came negative. I was retested for shingles and herpes my results stated the following.
Varicella Zoster V Ab, IGG 3.66
Varcicella-Zoster AB, IGM 1.23
Herpes Simples Virus I/II IGG - 8.6
HSV, IGM I/II Comination 3.27
HSV Type 2 Specific Ab, IGG - 7
The first out break was on my right side on the gential area. I also develoed three blisters on my right foot.
Hello,
Shingles is an infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which is the virus that causes chickenpox. Shingles occurs in people who have had chickenpox and represents a reactivation of the dormant varicella-zoster virus. If you do cunnilingus, then you may not get shingles but if you have not had chicken pox then it can be transmitted.
I hope it helps. Take care and regards.
The emergency room told him he had Shingles and gave him medicine to get rid of it. But...It keeps coming back. The only time it comes back in when my daughter drinks a certain kind of alcohol and the kiss. The next day, the shingles are back in full force and sometimes even worse. Can my daughter drinking this be an allergic reaction to my son-in-law to make the shingles to this??
Today the rash is worse and now there is some on my tummy. I phoned the clinic and the nurse said it sounded like shingles. Has anyone else had a rash with a miscarriage? I guess it could be co-incidence or one has caused the other or something. At least that explains the weird pain which I thought was a very odd pain for a miscarriage.
I'm not sure if we will try again as I'm 41 and it seems all very hard to think about going through this all again.
The herpes virus which causes both chicken pox and shingles is not normally harmful to healthy adults and children but can be very bad for an unborn fetus and pregnant woman whose immune system is already lowered due to the pregnancy. It can cause intrauterine death, malformations and be transmitted to the unborn child so it would be best to wait until your wife is better.
The standard therapy options include intravenous immunoglobulin and plasmapharesis, corticosteroids, azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, etanercept, mycophenolate mofetil, interferon alpha 2a and tacrolimus. Current ones are interferon beta 1a, rituximab, and high dose cyclophosphamide. Your neurologist needs to apprise you of the long-term side effects since prolonged therapy are required. Botox shots are not known to be used in therapy.
Got diagnosed with shingles (swab test) on my chest,neck and shoulder area a couple of weeks ago. Major stress and tons of hours at work seems to be the cause. Noticed a single red pimple like blister on my pelvis just below my navel in an area with body hair right before the breakout. Eventually popped it. Pus and blood release. It is now fading away.
Does this sound like folliculitis or should I be more concerened.
Doctor I was recently diagnosed with shingles and the doctor says a suppressed immune system causes this. This statement had me nervous about a sexual relationship I had 4 months ago for a month and a half with a female whom I later found out was with a lot of guys and did some drugs. I looked online and it said HIV can cause shingles.
I was tested for HIV at 5 weeks with unigold, 6 weeks with oraquick mouth swab, 8 weeks with mouth swab again, and 11 weeks with another unigold test.
Background/Aims
Current therapies for patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) do not achieve sustained viral clearance in most patients, and are associated with severe toxic effects. Our aim was to investigate the efficacy and safety of etanercept as adjuvant to interferon and ribavirin in treatment-naive patients with HCV.
Methods
Double-blind, randomized, placebo controlled trial.
I know this sounds crazy but here me out! Thank you god bless! My name is colton and I'm almost 21. I worked at this chemical waste water plant about a year ago. Anyhow it had to Of been four mounths before I was layed off when. When I was driven a fork left to the other side of our plant. To a diferent company called east side resycaling. I was borrowing a medal bin to load up paper. I had on a yellow rain jacket, cuz I just got done cleaning a tank out.
I have been diagnosed with Shingles (visually diagnosed, I should mention) and was given a course of drugs to take. Since then I have been having outbreaks almost every two weeks. I have had these outbreaks once a month for the past seven or eight years, but never had it looked at because I just thought it was a regular reaction to PMS. I recently (Sep 2008) was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and had my thyroid removed in Nov 2008.
No, I was never treated with antivirals for the shingles. By the time I found out what it was it had been over a week, and I thought from what I read that it would be to late.
But good news is I went to the doctors this morning... $125 later she answered some questions.... I definitely had shingles but they are done now and almost completely healed, I don't have shingles in my eye thank God, and my swollen eyes is likely do to some type of allergic reaction....
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