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RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ENBREL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
4 | PSA | fatigue, mild common cold like symptoms | I took my 2nd injection on Wednesday. It seems like it has instantly helped my scalp rash. My low back pain has started to get better. However, I am SO tired. I could sleep all day if someone let me. I'm hoping this wears off as it is only my 2nd injection but time will tell. I also have a bit of a cough and some cold like symptoms. They aren't bad, the fatigue is the worst part. I have taken Plaquenil, Methotrexate, Sulfasalazine and maybe some others and so far this is the only one that I have not yet had something worse happen like increased rash, vomiting, hair loss, etc. I'm willing to give this some more time. | F | 36 | 2 weeks 1X W | 8/25/2018 | 4 | RA | I have a severe rash on my body. Worst is in groin area and under breasts. Seems to be in areas that I sweat. Could this be a side affedt of Enbrel? | F | 53 | 0 weeks | 1/7/2018 | 2 | RA/Severe/Seropositive | Developed shingles which is not necessarily a “side effect” except that it brought my immune system down so low that is what caused them! Was SO lucky to only have a small spot on my back and caught it early! No other real side effects, just didn’t do ANYTHING:( for the RA, joint pain, fever, and fatigue either :( | Don’t know if it makes a different or not? But I had EXTREMELY SEVERE chicken pox when I was small! Was hospitalized and still have a couple scars from them. But Xeljanz is know to cause shingles too and I didn’t get them when I tried it?! Just giving info I hope can help someone else out there! Good luck on your med search! :) | F | 38 | 3 months | 12/15/2017 | 5 | Psoriatic Arthritis | Mild injection site reaction | Amazing, immediate results after one injection; alleviated all pain and kept the progression of my disease in check for 14 years. VERY pleased with Enbrel - gave me my life back. Not sure why, may have been linked to hormone changes brought on by menopause, (?) but I began to have pain, stiffness and swelling in my finger/hand/wrist, along with pain in feet, stiffness upon waking all over, back and neck pain. Rheumatologist switched me to Humira with no change, added Arava - been on this for a month with little to no change. | F | 47 | 14 years 50 MG 1X W | 10/31/2017 | 1 | Ra | Developed lock jaw two hours after First injection which lasted four days.after 24 hrs developed the worst sore throat that put me in the hospital could barely breath throat closed up.now one week after really scared to repeat.rhmatologist has taken me off so back on Prednisone again now going on four years.to anyone with this disease you have my admiration for keeping going as sometimes this can be all consuming and mentally crippling as well. | I have read the success stories and God bless all who this drug has helped.it just wasn't me.thank my wife who has gone through hell keeping thing going through the last four years. | M | 63 | 1 days 50 | 10/11/2017 | 3 | Psoriatic arthritis | After 1 or 2 injections, I had sinus issues, gurgling in my chest when I would breathe in and out. I started losing hair but didn't put 2 and 2 together until I had lost a great deal of hair. I did not want to stop taking enbrel because I felt so much better! My joints were 85% better. I just kept losing more and more hair. I made the decision to stop enbrel. It has been 1 week without it and I am in severe pain again. My sinuses have cleared, the gurgling is almost gone. I'm still losing hair but praying that will stop soon. I'm very tempted to start taking enbrel again. I pray for all who are in pain! | F | 52 | 6 weeks 50mg 1X W | 9/21/2017 | 3 | RA | Loss of hair, bad infections,severe headaches.But, it stops that pain in it's track.I started 10 yrs.ago & really just finding out about all these nasty side effects.Stop myself from taking it 3 yrs. ago, just got back on last yr.I'm mad as he'll bout my hair, been buying hair for yrs.I forgot about the stomach pain. | Don't know what I'm going 2 do for pain. | F | 63 | 10 days 50mg | 8/31/2017 | 5 | Rhemotioud | Upset stomach for a couple of days a week. | Can move my hands after 20 years. Improvement after 1 week . | F | 54 | 3 months 50 1X W | 5/6/2017 | 4 | RA | Very tired, hair loss, depression | Enbrel is helping with the RA pain however the fatigue is worse and my hair is falling out. Feeling depressed and moody and I think it's due to the drug. I'm scared of the potential serious side effects but without it I think I'd be heading towards life in a wheelchair | F | 40 | 8 weeks 50mg | 4/28/2017 | 4 | RA and psoriatic arthritis | stomach pain, night sweats, sinusitis infection | I have had RA for years and was recently told that it could be psoriatic arthritis because of the pain and arthritis in my finger joints. My RA numbers are elevated, and I do not have skin flairs. My doctor told me that psoriatic arthritis may also show high RA numbers. If it is psoriatic, I will probably develop skin flairs in the future. I have been in pain for years and just started enbrel. The first few weeks on enbrel, I didn't have many side effects other than mild stomach pain and night sweats, but I was not sure if it was enbrel related. Enbrel worked great for the pain and I felt like I had more joint movement. I'm now going into my 5th week, but am having sinus problems and starting to get nose bleeds, so I will be stopping it for a while. I hope to be able to start it up again, because I feel the tightness and pain creeping back into my joints and I would almost take sinus infection over joint pain. | F | 51 | 1 months 50 mg | 3/4/2017 | 4 | RA | Very low sex drive.tired lots no energy. Very moody no patience. Very painful when injecting embrel | M | 53 | 2 years Once a wee | 1/28/2017 | 5 | RA | Itichness in leg above ankle | F | 58 | 8 months 50MG 1X W | 12/25/2016 | 4 | RA | 2. Years since I start enbrel after trying other treatments with no result. I feel very tired, depressed and gain weight. | Enbrel help a lot.. no more pain....😃👍 | F | 50 | 1 days 50 | 11/29/2016 | 5 | AS | some fatigue, sometimes burns at injection site | I could barely walk before I started taking it. I could barely turn my head. I could not roll over in bed because of the pain in my ribs. It gave me relief within hours. I have recently started accupunture in my neck. This has really increased my range of motion in my neck. | M | 43 | 8 years 50mg 1X W | 11/28/2016 | 1 | Rheumatoid arthritis | 10 out of 10 pain in my fingers. Huge bone growth on side of wrist. The worst drug!! | I took one shot of 50 mg of Enbrel. Found out my insurance isn't going to pay enough for me to afford it. Enbrel doesn't allow discounts for Medicare. Never had pain this bad. It actually caused the worst FLAIR up I have ever had. I can't believe this drug helps anyone. | F | 51 | 1 weeks 50 mg 1X W | 11/18/2016 | 5 | RA | F | 61 | 3 years 50 mg | 10/16/2016 | 5 | I'm still SEVERE RA | None | Life saver | F | 50 | 8 years | 9/30/2016 | 2 | RA | Nausea | this disease can be managed with herbs | M | 61 | 2 weeks 50mg 1X W | 9/29/2016 | 1 | RA | Extreme fatigue, stomach pains, chills, fever, hair loss, extreem muscle pain, sore throat, nose bleeds. | Amazing the first 2 weeks, then severe side effects, unable to get up and move, terrible muscle pain, stomach pain, fatigue, not able to function, chills then fever now nose bleeds 5-10 times a day, unable to work the last 3 days, no longer able to take the shot. | F | 48 | 1 months 1X W | 9/27/2016 | 4 | RA | Nausea, headaches, sinus congestion, low energy, sleepy during the day and just a strange icky feeling. | I took Enbrel for almost a year before I developed a fever that lasted for months. So my doctor took me off. A few months and lots of $$$$ later, they let me go back on. It's amazing how fast I can go from crippled to pretty good in just a day! Last week I could hardly walk or write and now it's so much better. It works well for me at managing RA. | F | 34 | 1 years 1 pen | 8/27/2016 |