Im sick of this! started humira a week ago....I know it wont work instantly but so far im worse then i was on enbrel. my kness were swollen last time i went to doc, didnt hurt, now i cant straighten my right knee all the way....hurts too much. Not fun! couldnt stay awake last night ive been extra extra tired.......ive always been more tired then people last night though was just not up to anything slept like from 9-10 the next morning
AHHH im sick sick sick of this! humira needs to work!!!!
im still taking pred, mtx, humira, nothing works! i want my pred upped........ahhh cant believe i even said that!!
lm,
I'm kinda going thru the same problem. Altho the enbrel was working pretty well the Doctors thought that maybe i would have even better response with humira so i switched 3 weeks ago. Gosh, i forgot about how fatigued i used to be before enbrel, i remember now. I had forgotten what pain i used to get just to bump a joint, i remember now. I forgot how it felt like a million tiny, tiny pirhanna with sharp teeth were eating at my joints, i remember now. I don't know how long humira takes to be effective after the switch from enbrel. I expect to ask the Doctor this coming week. I know that all biologics have about the same success rate, about 50%. Fortunately, i have a nice stash of prednisone and the Doctor allows me to regulate my prednisone intake. Lucky me i guess. I feel your pain.
Lev
Well, ya gotta give it time to work. I know it is known as a "big gun" drug, but that does not mean it is SUPER fast
Yeah, it took Humira a while before I stopped having swelling non-stop. I mean it did help me with my stiffness, and energized me within my 2nd shot, but after 3 months of being on every other week, I had to be put on it every week. Since then when I am on it and it is kicked it, I do not have that much swelling, but I still have pain from joint damage and I tend to have weather flares. And then some weeks, Humira does not seem like it is working as good, like this week. My back/neck/shoulders hurts again, I am swelling in my elbows they will not extend much more than a 90 degree angle, and my ankles and feet are killing me to just be on them to walk thur wal-mart for groceries. And everyone knows... when I am rushing ya up to get out of wal-mart I am not doing well.
Plus, I have been having much more burning in my shoulder blades as of lately. It burns now no matter what I do with my arms, unless I lay down and not move at all.
hi, I know you hate to increase the prednisone, but maybe you need to? I just did. I was doing okay on 2mgs, then yesterday (out of the blue), my hands were stiff, swollen and wouldn't work real well), so I increased from 2 to 3-1/2mgs (my doc said it was okay to go up and down as needed). I felt better instantly! So there we are. the love hate situation. I'll keep trying this week to go back to 2.Lynda