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| 3 | RA | Enbrel was an amazing drug for me for many years with little to no side effects until the last year. Started to get bizarre rashes. Went to a couple of dermatologists and was put on high doses of prednisone which made me crazy and my family fear my wrath. Lol. Those of you who have had the roid rage understand. They just said it was eczema. RA doctor did not know what rash was either. Finally the rash got so bad went to another dermatologist who was (is) amazing and biopsied rash. Thank goodness she discovered I had a severe staph infection. (presently going through this. If i hadn't gone to her I could have been hospitalized. I think after long term use it may cause infections. Don't know why this just started to happen. I'm going to call Enbrel's hotline and inform them. Going to find new RA doctor and stop Enbrel. I have been a huge advocate and know how it can change your life. Sorry it is causing rashes and infections. Good Luck to everyone as I know how tough it is to have an a | F | 49 | 10 years 50 mg 1X W | 8/10/2015 | 5 | RA | In the first four weeks, I had injection site swelling and itching--but that no longer happens. I am fatigued for a couple of days after the injection. Headaches--but they're not as severe as when I first started the drug. I had a root canal about two months into the treatment, and still have pain and inflammation at the tip of that tooth. My dentist has seen that happen with other patients who are on some type of biologic. | This is a miracle drug for me. I had used Arava for months, with absolutely no relief. For over a year, I was in excruciating pain; I was unable to use my hands; couldn't make a fist; and I broke my foot twice from dropping a pot onto it! Three days after my first injection, I could use my hands again! The swelling was gone within a week and I no longer had pain in any of my joints. I hope I don't reach a plateau with Enbrel (I have with other drugs), because it truly SAVED my life. | F | 53 | 10 months 50 MG 1X W | 7/17/2015 | 1 | RA | Feel worse than I ever had. Wasn't dealing with much pain at all until I took my first dose of Enbrel 4 days ago. Extremely tired and could sleep all day and night since I took it. Feel like I had the full blown flu for the first 2 days. I've felt more joint pain and muscle weakness all over since I was diagnosed with RA. Not an Enbrel fan at all | F | 40 | 4 days 30 | 7/16/2015 | 4 | Psoriasis and Psoriatic arthritis | Nausea and all around sick feeling day of injection. Extremely wore out the following day | So far I have noticed the pain and swelling in my hands have greatly diminished. I have psoriasis covering 80% of my body and almost all of the thick flaky patches are already gone. My arms haven't looked this good in 8 years. Will keep posting results. Other current users please contact me, I am also scared about side effects of this drug and would like to talk to others in my situation. | M | 29 | 2 weeks 50mg 2x wk | 7/12/2015 | 3 | Psoriatic Arthritis | Brief fatigue and lingering infections. | Wears off after exactly 4 days. My doc is doubling the dose to 50 mg 2X per week. Anyone taking this dosage have increase in side effects? | F | 49 | 7 months 50 mg 1X W | 7/1/2015 | 4 | RA | Felt amazing at first and could not beleive it worked asap. I even stopped my prednisone which i could never go a day without and really didnt help a hole lot but was able to bare through work.2 weeks after 2nd injection i suddenly woke up with a large painful soft ball size red rash at both injections sites. Very itchy and painful and warm to touch. That night i had chills, hot one minute and soaking wet and freezing the next also have body aches and severe nausea & vomitting and a headache since reaction. I went to my md and they are doing blood work and urinalysis. I dont know if i have the flu or its from the injection. Kinda weird i suddenly reacted with a rash then got sick 9 hours later. Guess i will see what happens. | Im very nervous of taking my next injection after reading some of these reveiws but wow i cant beleive it worked so quickly. I couldn't even write a month ago as my wrists were in terrible pain and was unable to open bottles. I was unable to grip a pen and was dropping things all the time. I had a lot of difficult walking as my knees were painful and had to climb up and down stairs both feet step by step. It deffinitly helped just hope it works out. | F | 32 | 2 weeks 50mg | 6/24/2015 | 2 | RA/FMS/CFS | Just an "all over" not feeling good for first couple days after injection. Then ... nothing except major hair loss. Dr says cannbe up to 4 months before I see any help from taking. I still cannot walk longer than a couple minutes and I still have pain all the time BUT it must be helping as I am using a lot less pain medicine. I had a week of meds left at the refill date! So even though I personally don't see a "miracle" to my pain, it HAS TO BE HELPING me. My hair loss is major since starting Enbrel. I have purchased a wig for a backup as I lose huge amounts everyday when brushing my hair out. I have to "catch" the hair doesn't go down the drains as way too much falling out and definitely would cause a clogged drain!!! Hoping for a miracle!!! At 1000 bucks a week you would think you would grow a whole new, and healthy, body! Praying my pain goes away! | F | 53 | 3 months 50mg | 6/3/2015 | 2 | Arm | Don't feel any different extremely painful joints tired of shots and very often getting infections due to lower immune system I also have Lupus and am frustrated with injections I tried humira also | Tired of injections but at least its not as painful as humira | F | 43 | 4 months | 5/31/2015 | 5 | RA | Terrible rash when injecting in leg. None when injecting in stomach. | Enbrel has made a HUGE difference in my RA. I still have some minor pain and stiffness, but nothing like I had before Enbrel. I am back to working full time now. Advice- If injecting in the leg is painful and results in a rash switch to your stomach. Now that I am injecting in my stomach I do not get a rash and the stinging is negligible. . | F | 44 | 8 weeks 50 mg 1X W | 5/14/2015 | 5 | Psoriatic Arthritis | Rash at injection sight for a couple of days. Cortisone cream helps. Rash in armpit area. | So much better then Mtx! Waiting to find out if it's too good to be true. I've been able to stay more active with no joint pain. | F | 46 | 8 weeks | 5/6/2015 | 2 | lupus and osteopenia | Pain will not go away, rash on face bad, dizziness,and only on left side after the syringe shot it swells up and very red and itchy. | I need something stronger than this. Doctor want give me anything. | F | 33 | 6 months 10 | 4/4/2015 | 1 | RA | No relief from pain. Joints feel more stiff. Heaviness in chest. Difficulty walking, opening bottles. | F | 60 | 2 months 50 mg 1X W | 3/28/2015 | 3 | Pa | Rash on face when in the sun | i use the multi dose vials and they do not hurt at all, if I have to use those others methods of injection I would not use Embrel | F | 67 | 2 years 50 | 3/20/2015 | 5 | AS | Nil all going well | Wat an amazing drug. It does wat it says.im well pleased with the result. Feel like a new man | M | 36 | 1 weeks 50 mg | 2/24/2015 | 1 | RA | I got a infection is my spinal cord and now I'm paralyzed | F | 46 | 3 years 50 | 2/1/2015 | 5 | RA | None. | Been taking Enbrel for 4 years now and it is working fine. My joints are good, there is no swelling or pain for the most part. I ensure the medicine sits out at least 30 minutes before injection to ease the sting. Occasionally I will have a flare up but it does not last. I was skeptical about starting a biologics after reading about the many side effects. But I trusted my doctor had weighed the benefits to the possible side effects. Also I took it upon myself to read as much as possible about the disease & the medications. I changed my eating habits & started eating foods high in antioxidants and stopped eating those that cause inflammation. Low impact exercise also helps. | F | 57 | 4 years 50 MG 1X W | 1/22/2015 | 1 | RA | Lung cancer, kidney cancer, brain cancer | Plz for ur sake stay away from these shots. My father started taking when he was 49. Shortly after his 50TH BDAY he had passed from all upper complications. | M | 49 | 1 years | 1/12/2015 | 4 | RA | This was my first injection | I just took my first injection. The nurse came to my house and went over everything about it with me. She eased my fears and I took the injection, it was not bad at all we numbed It first with an ice cube then I did the injection. I didn't feel the needle and the medicine only burned for 15 seconds. | F | 52 | 1 days 50 mgs | 11/26/2014 | 5 | psoriasis arthritis | has worked wonderful.no side effects except for one time when i was hospitalized for hepatitis. | F | 63 | 15 years 50mg 1X W | 11/21/2014 | 5 | HLAB27 positive ankylosing spondylitis | I am on embrel injection for my blood disorder immune malfunctioning HLAB27 gene positive ankylosing spondylitis scoliosis I am 57 I have bamboo spine I stop it because thyroid cancer type 6 I found by accident I remove the thyroid but as I stop the embrel I suffer from stiffness pain as the ESR Inflamation started again u was in sever back pain I start using it again on 19/11/14 embrel does not cause thyroid cancer it is the no 1 medicine the rest of them is rubbish no working | EMBREL 50 MG INJECTION I was eventually end up for my ankylosing spondylitis the inflamation is low I am flexible And operational No more uveitis | M | 57 | 5 days 50mg | 11/18/2014 |