They gave me a yellow liquid but nothing went away. I am on ten mg of prednisone. I am on it because the enbrel and methotrexate don't work on their own. I get afraid that it will spread around since...
I have thrush in my mouth and have been on medication for it and it is still here flamed up. Anyone been here? Help!...
Has anyone had non pitting edema (swelling"? My body went crazy after the end of prednisone. My knees went crazy inflamed and now my legs are huge swollen with non pitting edema....
This product made me completely bed ridden with pain. I had so much pain that my husband had to lift my legs into bed and roll me on my side when needed. I had to sleep with a pillow under my knees...
Right now i am taking peri-colace but wanted to know if anyone knows food to stay away from any food that actually helps, any drinks, vitamins etc. Thanks. PS I tried fiber, prunes, probiotics and...
I have had to be on low prednisone for seven years now because it is one of the few things that works for me. Be careful howling you use it, I have bone damage and because of that, some of my teeth...
I have been on enbrel for a year now and always get a red itchy spot that can last a long while. The longer I used it, the shorter time the red giant spots would last. It took me a good six months...
Thanks. My RA keeps my nose from running, but I get all the other symptoms of a cold. Right now I run a small temp in the 99.something that goes down with the tylenol. It's Friday and doctors are...
What do you do if you have a cold on enbrel?...
Due to extreme constipation and a muscle disorder, my uterus basically has colapsed. I read that it isn't too bad of a problem unless it falls completely to the outside of the body. They say (several...
As everyone says, be sure to ask your doctor before taking any and all meds or pain killers as all have different dosages that give different results to everyone. That being said, This is my info. I...
My tops and bottom of my feet hurt often. Different people may have different reasons or more than one causing the problem. You can have arthrur in your toes or a form of myositis in the muscles of...
I have been on Enbrel for a month now. Only side effects are achy muscles that i hope to get fixed by meds or something on my next visit. No nausea etc. though. However, the medication currently...
my pain is different by how much fluid is there. Bone on bone gives me a horrible feeling like a butcher knife is stuck in my knees, other times i have this shooting pain like someone has an ice pic...
If i bend my ankle and my other foot rests on my big toe, my big toe gets a charlie horse and hurts so bad. It's always the same toe....
Ever since I started it, I can't stop drinking water. I am so very thirsty all day long. Anyone else have this problem?...
I called the doctor but she is out till next week. I now have rashes all over my body as well. Not very happy. :(...
I can get down some cereal, I use almond milk because i can't do regular. My husband has some jello if I need it. If i keep being sick for the next few days, i will call my doc. We are watching my...
I get horribly sick for a few days after the weekly injection. I get diarea, i want to vomit and get very week like i have the flu. Anyone have any ideas on how to counteract it? Biologic meds are my...
I have osteoarthritis and rheumatoid. When my rheumatoid flares, my knee pain tends to leave. I am assuming that when the fluid enters my knees, that it is making a form of cushion so that the osteo...
I have several types of inflam diseases and this is one of them. I noticed that fried foods, any dairy (sometimes cheddar cheese is ok), anything acid like tomato. Also, i can't have anything hot or...
Just wondering if anyone uses an auto injector pen for your syringes for enbrel etc. It would make things so much easier but i was wondering if anyone has any experience with them. Thanks....
For me, it isn't the actual foods that cause my inflammation, but additives in the foods that cause me to flair and pain to get worse. Things like Sorbital, polysorbate, yellow dye 5 etc. etc. etc....
I have been on 10mg pred for about 7yrs now. They just put me down to 7.5 and I was doing great for almost 2 months, then I went back to my normal which is swelling of joints, organs etc. (rare...
zoo keeper...
So sorry to hear all this because I have them too. I have been tested for everything including lupus and all neg except a very rare form of Rheumatoid. It took the rhummy doc i have now to diagnose...
Numb3rs, loved that show....
Does anyone have Enbrel delivered to their home and if so, how does it come? Fed Ex, UPS etc.? Thanks, I am waiting on the delivery and don't know what time to expect it as they come different times...
Tried the fibro drugs and they attacked my kidneys so much that I had about 40+lbs in just water in my body. It had so much that I sprung leaks, I would get soars on my legs that would literally leak...
Thanks, I will talk to my doctor about requip, my mom is law is on that. I don't have much sugar or caffiene in my body to cause the shakes, I do wish I did so it would be the problem. I haven't been...
Anyone else have bouts where you look like you have parkensons? I shake from head to toe, 2 days now. Usually it is just 15min here or there, but it won't stop this time....
I do miss things from when i was a kid. I watched tv with my parents, we sat outside during the summer while we bbq fish etc., played yatzee together late at night etc. I miss not having technology...
That explains it. I can only walk a few feet so my doc tried to give me a shot to help me out in one leg (could have used 2). It was super easy, I wondered what was wrong with everyone else saying...
So sorry to hear you are having trouble. Inflammation diseases vary so much that it is amazing that any doctor can say we have this or that. One person will have inflammation numbers through the roof...
I had tried tumeric pills from the healthfood store, but it ripped through my stomach. For fibromyalgia pain, i haven't been able to find anything to help except lyrica. The Lyrica is causing massive...
I get tennis elbow that comes and goes and need my black elbow brace for when it does. Do you have a brace made for the elbow or do you use a bandage? I love my brace, it doesn't go too far up or...
Thanks all of you so much. Your kind words are what I needed. I do hope to go to a psychiatrist some time in the near future, with my husband's schedule and how i can't drive (not to mention our...
I'm waiting to hear from the Enbral financial lady, been a week now. My doctor said that nothing works so all that is left is biologics and that has me worried. What if this doesn't work? It scares...
I have problems with falling etc. due to how my RA attacks my soft tissue, as my doc puts it, as well as my joints. This includes muscles, tendons and even the brain. When i get swelling, i can't...
Remission can mean a number of things, first you can have no swelling, 2nd it can mean some swelling but no pain, 3rd it can be swelling and pain, but the lowest amount you can get too, this would be...
Some people don't have a sed rate at all, but still have symptoms of RA and need RA medication. Some people I have known will have low numbers are be disabled in a wheel chair most of their day and...
I have been on prednisone for about 6yrs now. I go in tomorrow to fill out forms for enbrel. After using it for a couple months, she will start to taper down off the pred. I take 10mg a day. I will...
i have acid reflux and gerd. I had to stop eating foods that made it worse like dairy, tomato etc....
I have been on lyrica for almost 2yrs. Little by little i retained water so much that they finally had to put me on one pill of 150mg a day and I am sure they will stop it all together soon. I...
just wondering if anyone is getting put on Lyrica anymore. Seems like Cymbalta is what everyone is getting on these days. I have to get off lyrica due to extreme water retention and hope it will be...
The winters are very painful. With it coming soon, it does have me scared since i am already in horrible pain and know it gets at least 50% worse. My mother on the other hand, can't handle the...
I learned years ago not to take anything that is artificial if i can help it. It doesn't stop the pain, but keeps it from getting worse. Sorbitol is my main enemy....
Off meds, this is a huge symptom for me. Just happens to me, not sure why....
I was wondering the same and if anyone with chronic pain was getting relief with it....
I'm not suicidal or anything, but depressed. How do you fight it when you are bed ridden with the pain? My husband works full time, takes care of sick wife and sick mom, is a soccer mom (so to speak)...