Woohoo!
Now I am just waiting for it to kick in. I am not in a major flare or anything, but I would love to be less tired and less stiff. So here are my next two questions.... When can I expect to see results? For those of you who are using MTX and Humira...is there a better way to take them so that they don't counteract each other? I have read that Humira eventually will start making you feel more energetic and I know that the late afternoon of the day I take MTX and all the next day I just feel worn down. Any thoughts????? Andrea Hi Andrea! I take Humira and mtx also. I take my Humira shot on every other Monday and I take mtx every friday. This seems to work out well for me. Hope this helps!!!
After 3 years diagnosed, I'm still pretty beat by the end of the day. And I rarely get off the bed after 7:00pm. Once I lie down for the evening its hard to get back up. And when I do, I sound like breakfast cereal *snap crackle pop*.
MTX seems like it would be alot harder to do yourself. It's more shot-ish than the enbrel/humira clicky pen. You don't ever even see the needle with enbrel. Not sure about H, but I'd guess it's the same. Angy--thanks, that is what I thought that I would do--spread them out. Since Thursday is my day off and Friday is a really light day, I thought that I would take the MTX then and continue with the every other Monday Humira. Linn--yeah, I got worked up over nothing. I didn't have any stinging when the med went in. I think the worst part of it for me was that I pushed the pen against me so hard I left a ring around the injection site.
Mel--I don't have 'snap, crackle, pop'. I have cellophane paper being wadded up so loud it sounds like I have my own microphone attached. You can't see the needle with Humira either. That is the only way I could do this myself. I can give other people shots (my grandma was insulin dependant) just not myself. Thanks, all
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