Posted 12/29/2009 6:42 PM (GMT 0)
has anyone had experiences with erythema nodosum? i was taking remicade for years and my normal dosage (10 mg/kg) seemed to stop working about a month or two ago so my GI doc switched me to cimzia because she thought i might react better to that (even though it's technically a crohn's drug). i had only done one injection and then less than 2 weeks later, i had terrible joint pain and these painful welts all over my legs.... my doc told me that the fact i was having those symptoms meant the cimzia wasn't working and that i should go back on remicade. so they gave me a bigger infusion of remicade (15 mg/kg) and i seem to be doing MUCH better (less trips to the bathroom, no more nausea, and the joint pain is totally gone). however, a few of the erythema nodosum welts still are painful and seem to be fading very slowly (or not at all). i was wondering if any of you have had experience with these, and if you know how long they take to go away completely, or if you had any method of making them not so sensitive? thanks!