Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Group
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...
I take Plaquenil daily. I take prednisone daily. I take arava on Saturday ONLY. I feel crappy Fri and Sat, then arava kicks in Sunday, Monday and Tuesday are ok. Wed Thursday going down to crappy, Friday Saturday bad.
Get the pic? Arava helps sun thru wed or so. I was going to start injections of enbrel Sat because it's easy, I have husband here etc. But I'm debating starting it tonight. If I start enbrel tonight, it peaks in 3-4 days, then arava sat and it peaks in 3-4 days, maybe that's better than all at once.
Or maybe enbrel makes me feel bad and I need Saturday to recuperate.
Enbrel mid week and arava Saturday to spread the help, or both Saturday to help the side effects. I'm on my own choosing, so I'd love advice.
Get the pic? Arava helps sun thru wed or so. I was going to start injections of enbrel Sat because it's easy, I have husband here etc. But I'm debating starting it tonight. If I start enbrel tonight, it peaks in 3-4 days, then arava sat and it peaks in 3-4 days, maybe that's better than all at once.
Or maybe enbrel makes me feel bad and I need Saturday to recuperate.
Enbrel mid week and arava Saturday to spread the help, or both Saturday to help the side effects. I'm on my own choosing, so I'd love advice.
Recoup from mtx on Saturday and still have Sunday off work to enjoy.
I guess you will have to try it out and see if you get any side effects from the Enbrel. I was worried about the same thing when I started Humira, but the side effects never came :)
Good luck
Cindy