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For those of you who have been taking Enbrel for a while, can you tell me if:

1. Before you started it, did your doctor put you through a cardiac work up first to make sure you don't have any cardiac disease?

2. What kind of symptoms have you noticed since starting Enbrel?

3. If you had fatigue before starting it, have you seen an improvement since you started it?

thanks
klm4242008-08-22 15:44:171. No cardiac workout was done for me.
2. So far only injection site issues and a possible, more serious, skin problem that has not been officially linked to Enbrel.
3. Fatigue disappeared once I tapered off MTX.1. No, just a TB test

2.  Bruising at the injection site.  First shot I was sick to my stomach and had a bad headache on the first night.
3.  No fatigue
 
Is your Dr. doing some type of cardiac testing?
Unbelieveable fatigue, TB test and chest xray before starting any drugs w/my RD, itch for a few min. after injections at site, then a lump and black and blue. Nothing unbearable, just the fatigue. Thanks everyone who responded.

My rheumatologist isn't ordering any cardiac workup. But, he had suggested I speak to my family doc about it because of the fatigue I am feeling.

I started the enbrel today. I figure I'll see if the enbrel helps improve my fatigue before I approach my other doctor about the cardiac workup. I had talked to her about it a few weeks ago anyway and she really didn't think I needed one. But, who knows?

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