I see mine on Monday and have requested once a week. It seems there is
nobody here on it either.

He won't inject my swollen knee, so I don't know how this daring
request will fare !

Peter

Ian,
In just the same way as different drugs can be effective or less so if
different people, arthritis can "be bad" or less so on different
individuals. I really feel for the orignal poster and am glad that
Enbrel seems to be working now.

There are over 170+ types of arthritis:

Achilles tendinitis, Achondroplasia, Amyloidosis, Acromegalic
arthropathy, Adhesive capsulitis, Adult onset Still's disease,
Ankylosing spondylitis, Anserine bursitis, Arthrochalasis multiplex
congenita, Aseptic necrosis, Asymptomatic hyperuricemia, Avascular
necrosis, Bacterial arthritis, Baker's cysts, Behcet's syndrome,
Bicipital tendinitis, Blount's disease, Bouchard's nodes, Boutonniere
deformity, Buchman's disease, Buerger's disease, Bursitis,
Calcaneal bursitis, Calcium pyrophosphate dehydrate (CPPD) crystal
deposition disease, Caplan's syndrome, Carpal tunnel syndrome,
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Childhood dermatomyositis,
Chondrocalcinosis, Chondroma, Chondromalacia patellae, Chondromatosis,
Chronic overuse syndrome, Chronic polymyositis, Chronic recurrent
multifocal osteomyelitis, Churg-Strauss syndrome, Clawfoot, Clutton's
joints, Cogan's syndrome, Connective tissue disease,
Corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis, Costosternal syndrome, CREST
syndrome, Crohn's disease, Cryoglobulinemia, Degenerative joint
disease, Dermatomyositis, Diabetic finger sclerosis, Diffuse articular
lipomatosis, Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH),
Discitis,Discoid lupus erythematosus, Drug-induced lupus, Drug-induced
scleroderma-like disease, Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, Dupuytren's
contracture, Dwarfism, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Enteropathic arthritis,
Epicondylitis, Erosive inflammatory osteoarthritis, Exercise-induced
compartment syndrome, Fabry's disease, Familial amyloidosis, Familial
Mediterranean fever,Farber's lipogranulomatosis, Felty's syndrome,
Fibromyalgia, Fifth's disease, Flatfeet, Foreign body synovitis,
Freiberg's disease, Frozen shoulder, Fungal arthritis,
Gaucher's disease, Giant cell arteritis, Gonococcal arthritis,
Goodpasture's syndrome, Gout, Granulomatous arteritis,
Heberden's nodes, Hemarthrosis, Hemochromatosis, Henoch-Schonlein
purpura, Hepatitis B surface antigen disease, Hidradenitis
suppurative, Hip dysplasia, Hurler syndrome, Hypermobility syndrome,
Hypersensitvity vasculitis, Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy,
Idiopathic osteonecrosis, Immune complex disease, Impingement
syndrome, Jaccoud's arthropathy, Juvenile ankylosing spondylitis,
Juvenile chronic polyarthritis, Juvenile dermatomyositis, Juvenile
osteochondroses, Kawasaki disease, Kienbock's disease,
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, Libman-Sacks
endocarditis, Lightchain disease, Liner scleroderma, Lipoid
dermatoarthritis, Loffler's syndrome, Lofgren's syndrome, Lyme
disease, Malignant synovioma, Marfan's syndrome, Medial plica
syndrome, Metabolic bone disease, Mixed connective tissue disease
(MCTD), Mixed cryoglobulinemia, Morquio syndrome, Morton's neuroma,
Mucha-Habertnan disease, Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia, Munchausen's
syndrome, Myasthenia gravis, Mycoplasmal arthritis, Myofascial pain
syndrome, Neonatal lupus, Neuropathic arthropathy, Nodular
panniculitis, Ochronosis, Olecranon bursitis, Osgood-Schlatter
disease, Osteitis defortnans, Osteoarthritis, Osteochondromatosis,
Osteogenesis imperfecta syndrome, Osteomalacia, Osteomyelitis,
Osteonecrosis, Osteoporosis, Overlap syndrome,
Pachydermoperiostosis, Paget's disease of bone, Palindromic
rheumatism,Patellofemoral pain syndrome, Pellegrini--Stieda syndrome,
Periarticular abnormalities, Peroneal tendinitis, Pigmented
villonodular synovitis, Piriformis syndrome, Plantar fasciitis,
Polyarteritis nodosa, Polymyalgia rheumatica, Polymyositis, Popliteal
cysts, Popliteal tendinitis, Posterior interosseous nerve syndrome,
Posterior tibial tendinitis, Pott's disease, Prepatellar bursitis,
Progressive systemic sclerosis, Prosthetic joint infection,
Pseudogout, Pseudo-Hurler polydystrophy, Pseudohypoparathyroidism,
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum, Psoriatic arthritis, Pyogenic arthritis,
Raynaud's phenomenon, Reactive arthritis/Reiter's syndrome, Reflex
sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, Relapsing polychondritis, Renal
osteodystrophy, Retrocalcaneal bursitis, Rheumatic fever, Rheumatoid
arthritis, Rheumatoid vasculitis, Riley-Day syndrome, Ross River
virus,Rotator cuff tendinitis, Sacroiliitis, Saddle nose deformity,
Salmonella osteomyelitis,Sanfilippo syndrome, Sarcoidosis, Saturnine
gout, Scheie syndrome,Scheuermann's osteochondritis, Scleroderma,
Septic arthritis,Seronegative arthritis, Shigella arthritis,
Shoulder-hand syndrome,Sicca complex, Sickle cell arthropathy,
Sjogren's syndrome, Skeletal dysplasias, Slipped capital femoral
epiphysis, Sly syndrome, Spinal stenosis, Spondylolysis,
Sporotrichosis Arthritis, Stickler syndrome,
Still's disease, Sub-Achilles bursitis, Subacute cutaneous lupus, Swan
neck deformity, Sweet's syndrome, Sydenham's chorea, Syphilitic
arthritis, Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE),
Takayasu's arteritis, Tarsal tunnel syndrome, Temporal arteritis,
Tendinitis, Tennis elbow, Thoracic outlet syndrome, Tietse's syndrome,
Toxic oil syndrome, Transient osteoporosis, Traumatic arthritis,
Trochanteric bursitis, Tuberculosis arthritis,
Arthritis of Ulcerative colitis, Undifferentiated connective tissue
syndrome (UCTS), Urticarial vasculitis, syndrome,
Vasculitis, Viral arthritis, VonGierke's disease, VonWillebrand's
disease, Weber-Christian disease, Wegener's granulomatosis, Whipple's
disease, Wilson's disease, Yersinial arthritis.

If I missed any have a word with the Rheumatologist about it....

--
Andy