Humira dosing for ra
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Remicade is a biologic injection, in the same class of drugs as Humira, Enbrel and Orencia. I have been taking Humira for rhematoid arthritis and it seems to be doing it's job as my rheumy says. It keeps me out of the emergency room with serious flares which had become a habit for me.
These drugs are usually reserved for "rheumatoid" type arthritis and getting insurance companies to approve them is not normally easy.
I have my monthly appt next week and I will be speaking with my Rhuemy on this, I am just looking to see what others have exp.
I do take Humira for RA, it just seems that my joints have gone into overdrive and are trying to outdo each other in swelling. I have also had site reactions to the injection both times, rash. So I will probably ask him to give me something else, but I am not too keen on trying any of the other TNF blockers.
Wondering if there is anyone out there with undifferentiated arthritis being treated with humira and other similar meds? Most folks on humira seem to have RA or another definitive type of inflammatory arthritis....sure hope someone will figure out whether I have seronegative RA, SLE, or another form of inflammatory arthritis some day...it's difficult to find a support group for undifferentiated arthritis, especially the moderate to severe form I have been experiencing over the past year!
I've been diagnosed with RA since 2006. On Methotrexate 20mg, Humira, and folic acid. In last 24 months I've had 3 bouts of pancreatitis (twice after gall bladder removal) with no cause determined gastro doc, and chronic burning sensation in legs, buttocks and lower back. (Similar to feeling of frostbite) Sensation increases as day progresses and greater sensitivity on sitting or clothes binding in areas.
The RA has flared up again & I'm not sure if it is the Humira that has stopped being effective because iv been on it for approximately 6 years, or if it is due to stress over the last couple of years.
I have been treated for rheumatoid arthritis with Humira for 7 months including a combination of Humira and methotrexate for the past 2 months. I also take 5mg of prednisone, and 6 Azulfadine tablets each day. I was taking Humira once every fourteen days and I am on 15mg of methotrexate a week. About a month ago, I started experiencing numbness in my toes and feet. I mentioned it to my rheumatologist but she wasn't concerned and simply told me it wasn't rheumatoid arthritis.
I have a subtype of Lupus. I was just googling the exact same problem you're having with sinus and tooth pain and wondering if it is related to my Humira. At this point I'm leaning toward thinking it is. There are enough other sites and posts of the same complaint and also in the first 6 months on Humira. It was about my 3rd injection I think when I started having tooth pain in my upper front teeth. Within a couple of days, my bottom front teeth stated hurting.
ve been checked for Lupus, Lyme Disease, RA blah blah blah and for the most part all blood work has always come back normal/neg. And from having to switch Drs. etc. I always had to start over... Very nerve racking... Anyhow. Earlier this year my symptoms became unbearable and we started up the blood work once again. I don't have my results in front of me to give you exact tests etc. but once again Lupus, RA and Lyme were all neg. but my inflammation lvl was fairly high.
I became symptomatic for RA while on my first round of treatment. I was about 7 months into my tx when I started showing signs. I had a "direct" family history in that my mom had RA so bad she was in a wheelchair. I also found out after my RA diagnosis that I had tested positive for the RA factor 5 years before I even tried treating.
In a nut shell, they say I probably would have wound up with active RA anyway, interferon just hastened the process for me.
I've been injecting methotrexate since January for RA. I'm at .8 - which I think is 20mg. I also take plaquenil. I still have pain migrating from joint to joint and I don't feel any improvement and my CRP keeps climbing. The joints that are bothering me burn and ache so badly I can't sleep or sit still.
My question is how long do you give this stuff a chance before trying infusions?
When I read your story it was like going back in time. I was diagnosed with RA at 17....I was in my senior year of high school. No one knew what was going on, all i knew was I would rather walk to the other side of the school and take the back stairs than try to make it up and down the main stairs in front of everyone. My mom took me to different doctors and I always came up negative for RA, lupus.
Naproxen, Vioxx, Celebrex, Diclofenac, Mobic, Sulfasalazine, Plaquenil, Clinoril, Lodine, Methotrexate, Neurontin, Methilprednisolone, Prednisone, HUMIRA injections. (These are the ones I remember). My current regimen is Humira 1wk., Leflunomide 1day and tapering off of Prednisone. But guess what?? I'm still in a lot of pain in my L/elbow and some pain in R/hand and wrist. I have come to doubt I actually have RA. Perhaps I have some weird unknow disease not known to the medical community.
liver biopsy is the gold standard. What was the result in 01 and 06. Did it get worse. The older you are when you treat the harder it is to beat HCV. bUT DON'T GET ME WRONG YOU ARE NOT TOO OLD YET.
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