Comments on: BIOLOGICS: Shooting up the good stuff

By: S.P.

S.P. — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:37:39 +0000

Good to hear from you Brian! I love Humira, too. It’s done wonders for me. I also know people who have had bad reactions to other medications, but have been able to take Humira. Thanks for your input.

By: Brian Twohig

Brian Twohig — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:45:30 +0000

I don’t think that there can be too many of these discussion sites. I was diagnosed with RA about 20 years ago.I’m the guy who has the group site Rheumatoid Stories on Facebook. My hope was that people could see that there were options.I still meet people who are afraid of any ” medical ” intervention and so they suffer on. I was fortunate to work with a rheumatologist who got me onto Humira. It changed my life. I’m not preaching this medication for everyone. I just hope that everyone who is suffering will eventually find a treatment that works for them. There are still many uninformed individuals—-including family M.Ds.
Good work

By: Libby

Libby — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:50:19 +0000

I’ve heard a lot of good things about the biologic drugs, but I’ve also heard that they lose their effectiveness in many people after a period of months or years. I’ve tried to research this on the internet, but haven’t been able to come up with any sort of explanation. Have you heard of this happening? Have you found any information on why?

By: S.P.

S.P. — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:04:25 +0000

Your welcome! The shots really aren’t that bad since you only have to do them every week or so. I haven’t heard of people being on prednisone and having to take insulin, though. Why was that?

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:51:58 +0000

Thank you for the explanation of biologics. The picture made me wince, though! I had to give myself insulin shots when on prednisone, but just seeing that needle pic hurts!