Infections when using biologics & other ?

If you look at the black box warning on the insert in the box of your Humira, you will notice that it says some patients taking it experience more frequent upper respiratory and sinus infections. This is true of all the anti-TNF inhibitors. Some patients experience so many sinus infections they are forced to go off their anti-TNF.

Then again, it could be that you have been exposed to more bacteria than normal. I have read that this is a particularly bad year for upper repiratory problems.

Sure hope you aren't starting a flare! I find it helpful to eat yougurt whenever I take an antibiotic. It replaces the good bacteria that the antibiotics tend to wipe out.

Thanks you guys! I'm still in my current flare & it's been exactly a year. I was just starting to feel a little better too. I just woke up and am about to go back to sleep. My stomach hurts, my head is pounding and I'm using sunglasses to look at the screen right now. I want my Humira tomorrow so I can get in remission and not relapse & go back to square one. If the sinus infections persist I might get off Humira even though I've only been on it a month. It's not worth it.

@Petitarte: I got a sinus infection 3 weeks after starting remicade & I had to go off of it because of reactions... I was really looking forward to the drug too! My Rhuematologist & GI are considering adding methotrexate. It sounds like a promising drug so I wouldn't mind.