In all of what we have read ties anti-tnfs with any of it.   Why should we
put doubt in peoples minds with a guilt by associations assumption about the
FDA.
Harv

thank you for this, donnag.  i was wondering the same thing and wondering
if, because he's on that tb med, that his arthritis meds are not allowed,
which would be a major owie.

kate

Thank you and I need those prayers.   No,  I am not OK and I am not to nice
a person when life steps on me enough but in all truth,,,, there are a few
things going across our boards that would bother me even if things were
going just great.  Not going to do a rant here,,, it does not do any good
for anyone.
    No,,, there is nothing else you can do.     I have TB Donna.   I think
it is all over my body without having any nodules in my lungs and there is
no sign that I have ever been able to infect anyone else.  The medicine I
take is Isoniazid for me it is like 30 mg of Methx would be,,, I guess.  I
am caught in a catch 22 that I do not see anyway out of.   This medicine has
to have a kind of diet that means a person can eat or take anything with
histamines in it.    I am having a reaction to Remicade with a rash that
itches like fire across the small of my back and up my backbone.  I have no
idea why it is there and not somewhere else.   Do you know I have to take to
control that?  Antihistamine,,,, and Allergra.   The rash gets better and I
feel like crap(the Methx comparison).  I have had to cancel my next
appointment for an infusion.  Do you know what kind of mental stress goes
with stopping a DMARD?   To be honest, it is much like the way all the
people that are giving up their OA medicines,,,Bextra, Vioxx, and Celebrex
and now they are trying to add Naproxyn.   I just put my youngest daughter
on to Aleve for her Corp-tunnel
which has both of her hands in braces when she is in her last year of her
doctors and needs to publish. Her doctor in England has put her on whapper
ibuesss three times a day and she did not bring enough to cover her visit.
I TOOK 3-500MG NAPROSYN FOR 6 YEARS BEFORE I SAW MY FIRST RD.  The look on
her face when on CNN they talked about Aleve and/or Naprosyn.   My blood
pressure in normal resting is 120/80 with no complications shown during a
stress test.   As I write all this and read your words,  I think I am
getting stressed out seeing those braces on my daughters arms and my best
advice with what has worked so well for me over the years does not look good
up against,,,, CNN.
      But to get back to the TB and my RA,,,,,, the reaction, the diet and
the catch 22 on what it takes to control the rash has me typing this at
400AM and realizing that I may be,,,,, am taking it out on others,,
WHO JUST MAY Need IT.   I am going to gone from the newsgroup for quite
awhile but I want to leave on a positive note that I can not prove.    I
really believe that my wild immune system took off on me at the age of 38
when I Might of been exposed to TB.    8 months from now when all the TB is
gone and I have driven my wife crazy.     I finally took Elf/ Marge's advice
with the anti-biotic treatment with an anti-biotic a whole lot stronger than
Tetracycline(sp).     I will be cured.   I am 65 and it would be nice to
have my remaining years without the pain and swelling that goes with what
everyone thought was RA.
I am going to try to think this way and it will help me get through the next
months and no one here is going to have to pay for my stress and pain if I
go into a flare and no DMARD.
May God bless everyone of you and your friends and family.   Please take a
little time to remember that this time of the year is about New Beginnings
in Christ with a Happy New Year to follow.  With the Lords help,,,, it will
be a good year for all of us.   Lets be positive and make it that way.
Harv

harv, i'm sorry you're going through all this. the uncertainty has to be very
scary. i hope you won't leave (tho please do sit on your hands when you're
temped to write something hurtful to someone!). people care about you here, and
this is not a great time to cut yourself off from support.

diane

I have noticed there has been allot of "New" posters concerning the
Vioxx/Celebrex stuff. Lawyers???? The bad kind that prey on peoples
emotions? I should be smart enough to see through this..
(((((((((((((((((((((HARV)))))))))))))))))) I think the world about you and
I wish you a Merry Christmas and all the joy and happiness that comes with
it!
RhondaM