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dizziness with enbrel?

cricket66
cricket66
Hello :)
I was wondering if any of you have had any dizziness while being on Enbrel? I had been on it for 4 weeks, then held off for 2 weeks, (sick with a sinus infection), then had my 5th injection last night...Today at work I had a couple of moments where I felt like the whole room was spinning..really kind of scared me! Any info will be appreciated...Thank You!-Kristen
sammyo1
sammyo1
Yes although not so bad to go off.
Sinus is horrible problem with me as is respiratory. Although the Enbrel works or did, just restarted after 6-7 wks off. I'm a chicken when it comes to other meds so I'll stay on til I'm forced to try something else.
Helped a lot with exhaustion & swelling when I first started.
I have to gave a humidifier if heat is on & germicide unit on furnace which keeps dust way down.
I will add I did get some dizziness before my diagnosis so was not sure if it was linked to Enbrel.
The best of luck, Sammy
bigiblue
bigiblue
I have been on enbrel for 3 years and never had that happen
cricket66
cricket66
Hmmm...Well, thank you both for your responses :) ..As usual, I always have to be the one to get the "odd-ball" side effects..Lol!!
nerot
nerot
I just happened to come upon this post. I just took my second injection of Enbrel yesterday. I have had a couple episodes of the dizziness today. I have had vertigo in the past so I can't say for sure that it is Enbrel related. The difference is vertigo is usually triggered by movement and these recent episodes happened while I was sitting still.
Yikes. This autoimmune stuff is so weird and sometimes scary.

Hope you are doing well.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I was on Enbrel for a while and don't recall having this problem, but I just checked the side effects for Enbrel...and they note you should contact your doctor for dizziness...hope everything is ok for you!
depotblue
depotblue
no not at all. no dizziness. neither with humira, enbrel, or orencia. plenty of sinus stuff like sammy said with enbrel (if your ears are stuffed i think you could feel dizzy). I used to use allergy meds and hot pots of water for steam baths with enbrel and humira.

But I want to commiserate with you. MTX did that to me at work on top of the forgetfulness, fatigue, I would have spins. Spins at work are gross. you are supposed to be putting in the work and there is nothing like the spins to take the work control away from you.

don't forget to hydrate at work or even over hydrate :)

tell the doc and let us know

Ros
deleted_user
deleted_user
Embrel does cause dizziness also it can cause or aid in the process of a sinus infection. I kept getting them one after another and that's what my doc said. Good luck with everything. I'm still dizzy but could be because I've always got a sinus infection ha.