Enbrel Side Effects that no one tells you...

Good for you, healmyself! You are right, and your doctor is in the dark. Diet has a great deal to do with psoriasis!

I'm so sorry you are experiencing this problem with your teeth. Enbrel may be a miracle for clearing up psoriasis, but it's potently toxic, as well. One read of the warnings insert, should be enough to make anybody shake in their boots. I know that I was very worried, when my husband finally broke down and decided to try it, before giving all dietary interventions a fair chance. But I also couldn't blame him for wanting instant relief. He had psoriasis covering nearly 80% of his body!

My husband noticed a few years back that he experienced increased outbreaks when he consumed caffeine from coffee, tea, or chocolate, as well as alcohol and highly-processed foods. He eliminated these triggers, and his skin got better, but he slowly started getting lax about it, and starting having a beer now and again and eating chocolate every other day. Of course, his skin got worse. In fact, it got way out of control. Out of desperation, he started using Enbrel, as per his dermatologist's recommendation. Because it depressed his immune system, he started getting sick with flu-like symptoms almost constantly. Which meant he had to stop the injections and his skin would get worse, then when he felt better, he'd start the injections and get sick again, and his skin would get even worse, and so on. What a vicious cycle! He finally decided to stop the injections. And we've cleaned up his already fairly-clean vegan diet by eliminating almost all processed foods. For the few foods we eat that are not whole, organic, fruits, vegetables and grains, we make sure the tofu we buy does not have isolated soy protein, he drinks coconut milk made by So Delicious instead of soy milk, and he gets his fats from whole foods like nuts, seeds, and nut butters, too. Our meals are no longer cooked in oils of any kind, but he does take 2 tablespoons of ground flax seeds each day. We also limit the amount of wheat in his diet, opting for rice noodles or rice pasta instead of wheat, and enjoying brown rice, quinoa, and millet. All of this seems to be helping a great deal.

I was not told of any such side effect about the teeth either. I also had a "Dr" I use that term loosely that had me on Methotrexate for Lupus at the same time I am 42yrs old and as of 2 weeks ago I had to have ALL of my top teeth removed by an oral surgeon. To say I am angry is an understatement. I lost all my top teeth, without any information mentioned about this possibly happening. I read about all meds I get before I take them and saw NOTHING about the teeth problem. My teeth didn't rot, they just sort of thinned to the point where you could see through them all in less than 7 months, & then started to break off here and there. Something else, probably has nothing to do with enbrel, more the methotrexate, but my hair went from a dark curly Auburn, to a straight platinum blonde in less than 9 months. Then I go for a 2nd opinion on all my dx, and find out I never had Lupus, and was on aggressive treatments of Methotrexate for a disease I NEVER had.

Healingwell I can definitely understand what you are going through with your teeth



Nicole

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I too had teeth problems while on Embrel. Had one cracked tooth which lead to surgery for crown lengthening and eventually had two root canals. I always eat well and hardly ever eat junk food or prepared foods. My life was fine and my skin cleared up quickly using Embrel but within three years of using it, I had very bad teeth. Then I had a ruptured brain aneursym and almost died, that I believe came from the infection in my teeth and jaw that never cleared up because of Embrel. I am lucky to be alive but truly believe the infections I contracted from bad teeth caused a rupture in my brain. If you are experiencing any problems with your teeth, be careful and let your doctor and dentist know because if I had known, I probably would have requested an MRA and maybe would not have experienced such a life threatening event.

My husband is on enbrel. He has undergone a complete personality change in the last year. I know it's stress, turning 50 -- too much alcohol and caffeine. Could it be enhanced by the enbrel? He is like a robot

Hi....I am fairly new to palmar/plantar psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis 2 1/2 years. I am 59 years old and it just kind of hit me one fall. I have tried everything topical that exists and I would be okay for a week or two, then it was back with a vengeance. There were times I had to use crutches to walk and that would kill my hands.

Anyway, I started Enbrel Autoinjector 50 mg twice a week - I have been on it for 5 months. I have had no side effects at all. However, I do not plan on staying on it long-term or at this dose -- I am also on methotrexate 5 mg once a week - again, do not plan on staying on it long-term. I take Folic Acid, ACES +Zinc, Omega 3-6-9 and Chlorophyll, and I am on a plant based eating regimen primarily - but I will still eat some meat now and again, etc. I am going to eliminate one thing at a time, slowly and over time, and see if I can get my immune system to cooperate.

I was a wreck physically and emotionally before the meds - I felt the a dire urgency and need to get on something that would bring my psoriasis under control or at least in good control that I could live with -- ---that would give me some emotional hope and get my mind in a good place. I am going to slowly start cutting back on the meds in 3 months -- stick with the supplements and diet -- and hopefully, I will not have to be on these meds - or at least can take a good vacation from them.

I found out i had psoriasis when i was 30 years old. I started with creams and ointments and T gel shampoo. Then i added light treatments, finally buying my own UVB machine for my house. As years went by psoriasis started consuming more and more of my time and was a constant source of trouble. The sun would be a good way to get it to minimize. The UVB machine and topical creams and ointments would keep me working. But somewhere along the way it started to really get bad with my fingernails and toenails deteriorating creating a lot of pain. So i stopped playing guitar which was a personal enjoyment hobby. I found a doctor in NYC that would give me cortisone shots right through the cuticles.. It hurt so bad they could only do one or two fingers at a time. I would stop by during the week and get another couple done. Then it would work for a few weeks and i could stand to use my fingertips for a while. Next came severe plaques and learning to sit on my hands in meetings so i wouldn't scratch and having to take extra shirts with me because of the bleeding. I once sat down and the skin surrounding my rectum ripped like wet cardboard and i was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery. (Not fun). This episode in my early forties got my attention that i had a serious disease and i even went to Washington DC to the Aya Veya clinic in Washington DC. They did a "palm reading" and then prescribed a total vegan diet. (Drink nothing cold, no sweets, no alcohol, no caffeine, nothing microwaved, no meat, no fish, no dairy). I followed their instructions exactly for 12 straight months. Although i looked great my psoriasis persisted. So i went back to normal living. After this it would go from bad to worse. As i turned 48 had 60% of my body covered in plaque and my joints hurt and was introduced to a Rheumatology clinic/Doctor in NJ and after a consultation i started Remicade IV drips combined with methotrexate (4-5 vials; 4- 6 weeks a part). The first day i got the remicade (and you have to take allergy meds before the session) i went home. That night i called my wife to the restroom and i was standing in front of the mirror. the plaque was visibly going away. By the end of the week i had no plaque at all and by second treatment all my nails were growing back normally. This worked so well i cant tell you how it changed my life. I had around 40 treatments but all of a sudden i developed tremors akin to Parkinson disease. They started getting worse. Then i got my first of 24 shingles attacks. They took me off the Remicade and put me on Azopiothrine orally and methotrexate. The shingles got so bad that i was hosptitalized twice. One time the shingles outbreak hit my neck, scalp and my face with finger like shingles rash all the way down my nose. My wife divorced me, my company was sold and i suffered immensely for months and lost my health insurance. My daughter had to come pick me up and i shook from wake up to sleep for 18 months. the plaque came roaring back and after the shingles seem to have stopped and shaking subsided my daughter dropped me at my sisters home, a nurse by training. The scarring left me with what looked like 3rd degree burns and would heal and then any movement hurt like heck. the skin was drawn on my torso.. My sister and some good friends bought me 2500 tubes of hydrocortisone cream and with that and a tanning bed membership i was able to get some relief. Now i am out of state from children, my house is foreclosure and and i have to find a new job with a gap in my resume trying to explain this. I write this note in hopes of educating those just getting started with this issue. I would never disparage the Remicade manufacturer, i would shake their hands for the years of relief i was given and hope through research trial and error a solution will be found. I read some of these blogs about red rashes and so forth. (could it be the shingles)? Meanwhile i now have health insurance for the first time in 6 years and am seeking another course to help me. Be prepared for the reality!