Originally Posted By: Michelle70605
Hi rumble, how the heck have you been? grin2 How long after stopping the Enbrel & MTX did you start feeling the full pain? crazy Thanks for the heads up, I will have the big gun pain meds ready....yes, the weight loss?! spook Thanks for the hugs, friend... hugss

At the time I was between Remicade and Enbrel, so only stopped the MTX. It only took missing one dose to start the plunge, but I was already halfway there. It got very bad in 2 months. And you know how long it takes to ramp up to relief. Once I got on the Enbrel, things moved up a wee bit. Took changing to twice-weekly doses after 4 months to make a real difference. It's relieved a good bit of my pain and the percs 4 times a day does the rest, usually. Spring has made a bit of difference, since I struggle every winter.

Your weight loss and night sweats concern me, thus the blood work might help. Doubt the combined 8 doses of bis- drugs could have damaged your jaw, but pointed questions should be directed to the docs. Wonder why you would have been scripted bis- drugs with a bad esophagus? (I had to stop Fosamax and later, Atelvia, for difficult swallowing issues. The problems stopped after that.) Good luck! Hugs to you.

DX: Psoriatic Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Psoriasis
Meds: MTX since Oct 2009, 15mg/week. Cimzia-restarted after 2 yrs away.
Epidural Steroid Injections x8; Lumbar Radiofreq Ablation x2
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