ORENCIA Reviews (ABATACEPT)Average Rating: 2.8 (74 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ORENCIA with similar:
Type: Biological Drug
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ORENCIA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | RA | makes me feel very sick and tired all the time i can't even go to school somedays. makes me nauseous all the time | did not help with my RA at all i feel like it just made ot worse | F | 17 | 5 weeks ? 1X W | 1/6/2021 | 4 | RA | No side effects to date. | I was experiencing a really bad flare when I started this medication. I couldn’t use either of my hands at all. The past 2 weeks my hands have improved greatly. My lab work is still showing inflammation but I’m feeling good. First thing it helped with was fatigue I became more active and wanting to actually try and get things done. I would get headaches day after injection. I drink plenty of water on the day of and day after and no longer get those headaches. I’m also on methotrexate, plaquenil, methylprednisolone and folic acid. Those meds do have side effects that I experienced before starting Orencia. I’m hoping this drugs keep improving my symptoms my only advice is to give it time. I know it’s hard this has been the worst experience of my life and it can be easier to just want to give up most days. I always feel alone like some of you I would imagine. Like no one gets it. Just know you are not alone we are fighting this together. Good luck and god bless you all. | M | 38 | 16 weeks 125mg 1X W | 12/2/2020 | 5 | R.A. | at first no side effects, last dose severe lower back pain and nasopharyngeal | M | 51 | 12 months 125 1X W | 11/17/2020 | 1 | rheumatoid arthritis | Severe back pain and spasms, chills, nausea, sleep disturbance, light headed. It is not helping the RA at all. | F | 54 | 5 weeks 125 mg/ml 1X W | 10/29/2020 | 2 | Psoriatic Arthritis | Psoriasis has flared. Hands and fingers are full of psoriasis and are cracked and bleeding. After injection I get a severe headache and nausea. Pain has increased in back, legs and feet. | I want to stop this medication. This is the 10th biologic I have been on. I rate it as one of the worst for side effects and not working. | F | 68 | 2 months 1X W | 10/7/2020 | 3 | Rheumatoid arthritis | Dizziness, chest pain, weakness, anxiety attacks, nausea, loss of appetite. | F | 56 | 7 months 25mg 1X W | 9/18/2020 | 4 | RA | Fatigue | M | 69 | 1 years 750 1X M | 8/25/2020 | 2 | Rheumatoid Arthritis | Severe lower back pain, which I am just now reading seems to be a common complaint with Orencia. My joints are continuing to deteriorate and I am in pain 24/7, so whats the point? | The only positive thing about this biologic is I was on Humira for 3 years and felt better, but developed severe lung issues, including pseudomonas with inflammation and scarring in lungs, so was switched to Orencia. Still some lung problems but better than when I was on Humira. Other opportunistic infections are warts, oral fungi and skin cancers | F | 63 | 4 years 750 IV mo 1X M | 7/27/2020 | 1 | Psoriatic Arthritis | Headaches,Dizziness, fatigue, sweating and back pain. | At first it seemed to be working but after the first couple of months everyday is worse than the day before. Side effects are getting worse and more intense. Enough is enough I see the doctor in a couple of days and I'm going to stop the infusions.i want my life back! | F | 53 | 5 months 1000mg 1X M | 7/23/2020 | 5 | Rheumatoid Arthritis | I couldn't take Methotrexate because it elevated my liver enzymes. Enbrel causes me to have MS systems. I was scared to do an infusion but Orencia seemed like the least risky so after 3 months I felt so much better & I'm doing great on it 10 years later. | F | 53 | 10 years 1X M | 7/17/2020 | 2 | Rheumatoid arthritis | I was getting dizzy, feeling like I was going to pass out, several times an hour by the time I figured out it was the Orencia. I would also get indigestion when I got dizzy. | F | 65 | 6 months | 6/22/2020 | 1 | AS/ RA/ | Severe lower back pain and side pain,can't walk without pain. Big painful knots on lower back and left leg. Headaches, dizziness, eye pain. Lots of inflammation. I've been on several biologics, I have severe hypersensitivity to many drugs and this is one of them. I had I.V. infusion. But stopped before 3rd treatment due to the pain. | I was really hoping this would work this time. | F | 59 | 2 weeks 750mg | 6/17/2020 | 3 | Rheumatoid Arthritis | I have noticed bp going up to 132/91 pulse 106 the normal has always been 90/60 91 pulse. Second day after injection so exhausted. My feet pain is terrible and has not changed yet. Been on 4 meds I think this will be my last one. It's not about longevity of life it will be quality of life. | F | 63 | 2 weeks 125 | 6/5/2020 | 2 | Rheumatoid arthritis | I feel no relief. I get sever back pain and cramps where I can not move or function. It gets set with very little activity. Folding towels. Basic chores. Bathing is excruciating. | F | 47 | 16 weeks 125mg | 5/2/2020 | 5 | RA | None | A true life saver.. Nothing else worked except a water fast and an elimination diet. | F | 58 | 4 years | 3/13/2020 | 1 | rheumatoid arthritis | On 01/24/20 I had a doctors appt and told him I did not feel well and was having diarrhea. I was told to stay hydrated. By the end of the week, I began having worse stomach pain and the diarrhea continued. On Saturday I made an emergency call to my doctor because I could not stop going to the bathroom. I could not even make it to the bathroom. It was awful. After three weeks I was prescribed Levoquin 750 mg x 10. On the first dose, my diarrhea completely stopped. This has never happened. No one else in my home was ill. I have not taken Orencia since. My doctor advised me to stay on Probiotics. Miraculously, it's been three weeks off Orencia, and my moderate to severe RA is no where in site. So strange. | F | 54 | 10 months 1 x a week 1X day | 2/26/2020 | 3 | Rheumatoid Arthiritis | I had no real side effects at first...then I began having shortness of breath and diarrhea for 3 weeks!! My rheumy insisted it wasn’t the Orencia. I stopped it and am slowly feeling better. | F | 54 | 7 months 125 mg | 2/19/2020 | 2 | Rheumatoid arthritis | Fatigue. Severe lower back and torso muscle cramps. So bad I can not move. I don't know if it is the medication or just another autoimmune disease attacking my muscles. It is extremely painful and I can not do any mild activities without cramping, stiffness where I become immobile. | F | 47 | 9 weeks 125mg | 1/12/2020 | 4 | Psoriatic arthritis | Just somewhat tired | So far it’s relieving my symptoms of psoriatic arthritis | F | 48 | 30 days 750 | 12/3/2019 | 5 | RA | Have trouble sleeping and extreme fatigue for a few days after infusion. No other side effects | This has been a life saver. It started working immediately. My flares were daily before beginning the Orencia, I may have what I refer to as “mini” flares. I will have one ever 3-4 mos and it may last a few hours. I love this drug. I hope it continues working. | F | 50 | 2 years 1x mo | 11/27/2019 |