Hepatitis and Humira syringe

Hi everyone.

I have a question regarding the Humira syringe. If I have any type of Hepatitis, is it fine to take the syringe, or is their a risk? even if its a small risk?


Thanks.

Post Edited (Mr.X) : 6/15/2010 9:19:51 PM (GMT-6)

What type of risk are you worried about? Are you planning on sharing the syringe with someone else or reusing it? It not safe to do those thing anyway and you should only use a syringe once. I agree with Ides about nobody be qualified to give medical advice on here but I am just curious what you are worried about?

Generally speaking, I just trust my doctor and do whatever he says.  If he says take Humira, I take Humira, if he says stop, I stop. :)  I'm probably a bit too trusting, but I am also very aware that my doctor has studied very hard and been very well trained to be where he is today, so he probably knows more than I do - and more than most people on this board will know.  So in general, my advice is to do what your doctor says, and if you are worried, do as you have been doing and ask for second opinions or consult other doctors (family doctor, HPV specialist, second GI) if you are worried.  If you get conflicting advice, call back your GI and ask him - "My family doctor said I should stop Humira because of my HPV results, is he wrong?  Can you call him to discuss why he feels this way?".  In the end, your doctor likely knows best.

@artist guy

Really? oh man, I'm so sorry to hear that. I pray you get better soon

and no, the re-using a needle is not the issue, the issue is that Humira lower part of the immunity system to ease my Crohn condition, and now I have HCV, and even thou its a C type and not B, but still its never the less a virus and should not be taken laity in my opinion. I don't want to play with fire, so to speak.

@Jonny Five

That's the thing, my main doctor knows me much longer then my other clinical doctor who I go to for 2nd opinions or emergencies or whatever (and they both work in the same hospital and know each other, and one of the of them is the 2nd doc who has a clinic where I go to) The thing is, my main doctor don't like the idea that I also go to that 2nd doctor. "its ether me or him" like how he put it in my last visit to him. Personally and withe all respect to him, but I don't believe he has the right to tell me what to do, its none of his or any other doctor business to tell me what to do for unreasonable reasons. They diagnose me and that's it, ether I follow their plan and stick to it (which that is what I'm doing with my main doc) or take another opinion and then decade for myself, that's it. So he should not feel upset about it, that is unprofessional of him. I keep my appointments with him, I follow his plans and all, I I told him that if I don't appreciate his opinions then why I'm still visiting him? The 2nd doctor is only for consulting and 2nd opinions (he even prescribed me Spasmomen and Disfatly which helped me a lot with my pain when it was active, I wonder why my main doctor didn't prescribed them for me...)

He really made me mad in that last visit more then the thought that I have hepatitis, Besides my Crohn, I now have hepatitis and all his concerns was "ether me or him"? If I wasn't following his instructions then he maybe had a reason, but I do follow everything thing he says. A 2nd doctor should not make him feels like his pride was hurt or anything childish like that, his patients are his concerns, not his pride. patients, not pride! a wise doctor would know that. I'm not comfortable with him with the way he do his work anymore.

Post Edited (Mr.X) : 6/16/2010 9:29:51 PM (GMT-6)