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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / June 2005Question about Enbrel and Sinus Drainage cruds
Hello all, been a few years since I've posted here. I've switched from MTX to Enbrel. Just had my 2nd shot this week. Bless my little sinuses, they've decided to run like a faucet this week after the pressure came last week. No fever, asthma is acting up (our air quality is at a high orange/red) so I'm coughing, no crackles. Drinking lots of fluids and popping vitamin C's like candy. What worried me is that a co-worker who is 6 weeks into Enbrel just went from bronchitis to pnuemonia this week...really quickly. Any suggestions? My plans are to keep the fluids up to keep the lungs clear and rest. I did have the week from hades at work this week which I'm sure REALLY helped matters. Sage > Hello all, been a few years since I've posted here. I've switched from > MTX to Enbrel. Just had my 2nd shot this week. Bless my little [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I'm sure REALLY helped matters. > Sage Just to be on the safe side, you should probably see your PCP, to make sure it isn't viral or bacterial. Wish I'd done it when my "allergies" started acting up. After getting a sinus infection (oh joy), then strep throat (great), and ending up with a "light" case of pneumonia (really? What's a light case? I can only partially breathe unaided?). If I'd gone down and seen my doc I probably could have avoided the last two, or at least caught them in time. Three weeks without Enbrel sucked major. Seems to be better now. BTW, I never did have a fever, scary innit? Smokie Darling (Annie) >> Hello all, been a few years since I've posted here. I've switched from >> MTX to Enbrel. Just had my 2nd shot this week. Bless my little [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Smokie Darling (Annie) I have also had the no fever with major lung congestion and I have had problems with my sinuses. I do not blame Enbrel (3 years or so). It is a good suggestion to get your PCP involved. Enbrel does control our immune system and we HAVE to have that but it means that other things can cause us problems. Harv > >> Hello all, been a few years since I've posted here. I've switched from > >> MTX to Enbrel. Just had my 2nd shot this week. Bless my little [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > problems. > Harv Hi Harv - The weird thing, even by the doctors standards was that I had no fever with the Strep (the "quick" culture was positive, the longer one was too). I honestly thought that my allergies had gotten out of hand, since DH's did the same thing the week prior. It was just so scary how it went from runny nose to full blown, nearly dead (something ridiculous like 5 days). I don't blame the Enbrel either, and would dearly have to loved to have stayed on it, but all the docs basically said they'd come to my home and break my legs (joking, I think) if I continued my shots. Got to do my shot this week, and again noticed improvement within 24 hours. Gotta love that stuff. Smokie Darling (Annie)< <who almost always seems to have a runny nose and cough. Hi Annie, I wish I could say that I understood what is taking place with the "no fever" and things like walking Pneumonia ,,,, sinus infection ,,,, and such. Fever is a good thing if it does not get too high. I remember and old doctor I had that fussssed at me about taking an aspirin every time I had a little fever or head ache. He would say,,,, let your body do its job. He said for me to take aspirin if something lasts more than three days.... ???? I do not know if that is good or not. He was kind of set in his ways but a good hearted old guy. He gave me my glucometer when we realized that I had a problem with sugar. I found out a couple of years later that it was about 50 dollars worth of tester and supplies. He was closing out his practice and I still use it today. Sorry,,, my mind is wandering today. Harv > Hi Harv - > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Smokie Darling (Annie)< <who almost always seems to have a runny nose > and cough. > Hi Annie, I wish I could say that I understood what is taking place with > the "no fever" and things like walking Pneumonia ,,,, sinus infection ,,,, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Harv Ah, let your mind wander Harv. I enjoy reading you when you are like that, and even when you aren't. Good Lord, does that make any sense? My docs always said if the fever lastes more than 2 days to take something for it, but anymore, I don't seem to get a fever (strep throat should have produced something), or if I do it goes through the roof (105). Smokie Darling (Annie) > > Hi Harv - > > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Smokie Darling (Annie)< <who almost always seems to have a runny nose > > and cough. Thanks, it's still hanging on. Spent time yesteray on the river kayaking (can't keep me away joints or not) to get away from the heat and yuck in the city. It's not terribly bad but very noticeable. I'll call my pcp tomorrow and probably get a script for some abx. I hate taking them. Patiently waiting for the enbrel to do it's remarkable thing. I got up to 17.5 on injectable mtx and then couldn't find it for love or money anywhere here. It's availble for chemo use but not for outpatient pharmacies. I checked with a hospital pharmacist a while back. Can't do the pills so we had planned on adding enbrel anyway since the mtx wasn't holding me anymore. Bummer. I'd trade the morning after feeling of the mtx for this crap any day of the week. I just hope it's a passing summer cold/sinus/bad weather fluke than the enbrel. Just seems to reason since there's no fever just the congestion and drainage plus my asthma is horrible too. MTX was great for that. Was able to stop using all my inhalers for the past three years while I was on it. Back to those again now. Sigh. Sage |
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