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Will start Remicade next week but have bad sinusitis. Is this a problem?

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Posted 1/20/2016 3:46 PM (GMT 0)
My GI wants me to start Remicade beginning of next week. I read that of the side effects Remicade causes is sinusitis. I have these days a bad round of sinusitis : severe headache and pain in my face. Would this be a problem when taking Remicade?
Posted 1/20/2016 4:22 PM (GMT 0)
You'll have to talk to your doc about that...I'm on Humira and as far as I know, I'm only suppose to avoid my Humira if I have a fever, no fever is suppose to be no problem...I have ongoing sinusitis since I was a kid so I know what that's like, talk to your doc or even call Remicade and discuss with them but I'm sure they'll tell you it's fine unless you have a fever which indicates a serious infection which is generally the concern they have with us being on biologics.
Posted 1/20/2016 6:53 PM (GMT 0)
They say you can't have remicade if you're on antibiotics, and you have to wait 10 days after the antibiotics are done to get the infusion. I call it BS and I've had my infusion while on antibiotics for an ear infection/sinusitis and just after I finished them for another ear infection. It didn't make it worse. I've only had ear infections and sinusitis since starting remicade though, so I definitely seem to be more prone to them now.
Posted 1/20/2016 10:30 PM (GMT 0)
Pb4 and Violette Rose, thank you.
Well, I'm on rifaximin. I don't know whether this contradicts with Remicade or not but it's my GI who put me on it. I have no fever; only that horrible headache and pain in face. I took a strong anti-histamine and hope things get cleared before I start the infusions. My GI wants me to start as soon as possible and I won't expect him to postpone it for any reason other than the infection you've mentioned.
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