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Anybody on them?
I saw my consultant today (fairplay to him for getting into work) and he's suggested I 'need' to be on these.
Reading the info paphlets seems ok(ish)...online support via the NHS site somewhat less so
Bit fed up with the whole 'these are wonder drugs'....getting home and finding out 'these will f
k your liver up'.....yet again
TIA
I saw my consultant today (fairplay to him for getting into work) and he's suggested I 'need' to be on these.
Reading the info paphlets seems ok(ish)...online support via the NHS site somewhat less so
Bit fed up with the whole 'these are wonder drugs'....getting home and finding out 'these will f
k your liver up'.....yet againTIA
Yup, I am on Humira(adalimumab) and have been for over a year. I have Crohns disease and am on a variety of drugs to try and control it. I started the Humira and within weeks I noticed the difference and haven't had a problem since. I have monthly blood tests to check liver and kidney function but other than that I think its an amazing drug.
There are many horror stories as with everything on the interwebs but I'm fine with taking it. It is supposed to weaken your immune system so I'd watch out with that one although I am on another immunosuppressant aswell and have only had the one cold in the past year and that was no worse than normal. I'd also suffered with spots since a teen and since starting that its cleared up no end aswell.
If you want to no anything else I'm happy to help but like I say I've got nothing but good things to say about it although everybody may be different.
There are many horror stories as with everything on the interwebs but I'm fine with taking it. It is supposed to weaken your immune system so I'd watch out with that one although I am on another immunosuppressant aswell and have only had the one cold in the past year and that was no worse than normal. I'd also suffered with spots since a teen and since starting that its cleared up no end aswell.
If you want to no anything else I'm happy to help but like I say I've got nothing but good things to say about it although everybody may be different.
The injecting part isn't that bad really, I do it myself in either my thigh or stomach and its in a pen so its really simple. I used to have to inject one of my other medications with a syringe until they changed me to tablets and that wasn't hard either.
A nurse usually comes round your house and shows you how to do it and makes sure that you're ok doing, they did also recommend I do it myself rather than someone else doing it for you but I don't think it matters too much.
A nurse usually comes round your house and shows you how to do it and makes sure that you're ok doing, they did also recommend I do it myself rather than someone else doing it for you but I don't think it matters too much.
If you're worried about injecting, don't be 
I've been on Interferon Beta 1A (Avonex) for Multiple Sclerosis for 6 years now.
I requested a device that would hurl the syringe at my leg - it went against the grain to play
darts on myself
. There are now injector pens, on which you can avoid even seeing the needle, not that it bothers me. I just lock and load, hit the button, count to 20, job done.
Googling shows that TNF blockers are administered in a subcutaneous injection. Une piece de gateaux, as the Frnech don't say. My jabs are intramuscular and the needle goes in about one inch.
Tip: follow the advice about getting the syringe/injector/pen out of the fridge 20-30 mins pre-shot - a cold needle pumping in cold medication smarts somewhat. Nursie laughs at my for leaving my kit on a bedside lamp for a while but I rarely feel the shot.
Good luck
I've been on Interferon Beta 1A (Avonex) for Multiple Sclerosis for 6 years now.
I requested a device that would hurl the syringe at my leg - it went against the grain to play
darts on myself
. There are now injector pens, on which you can avoid even seeing the needle, not that it bothers me. I just lock and load, hit the button, count to 20, job done. Googling shows that TNF blockers are administered in a subcutaneous injection. Une piece de gateaux, as the Frnech don't say. My jabs are intramuscular and the needle goes in about one inch.
Tip: follow the advice about getting the syringe/injector/pen out of the fridge 20-30 mins pre-shot - a cold needle pumping in cold medication smarts somewhat. Nursie laughs at my for leaving my kit on a bedside lamp for a while but I rarely feel the shot.
Good luck
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