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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / October 2005Enbrel 50mg
Hellooooo....ooo...ooo Is anyone still here? I have been guilty of neglecting newsgroups a lot lately, but I thought I'd post about the new 50mg, once a week Enbrel. I've noticed no change, and its been 7 weeks now. There's no change in the way I feel - I take it on a Saturday, the same day as my 12.5mg mtx (which the hospital recommended I did), and its working fine. The only drawback I've found so far is in mixing. The 50mg dose seems to me to be far more prone to frothing and needs to be handled carefully. Hope you're all as well as you can be. Jayne > Hope you're all as well as you can be. Hingin thegither!!  SignatureA T (Sandy) Morton on the Bicycle Island In the Global Village http://www.millport.net Jayne. I am also on the 50 mg and haven't noticed any change. I agree with frothing. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, after mixing the enbrel, if you hold the loaded syringe upright you can see very small air bubbles very slowly rising to the top. If you inject before these are completely expelled you will be injecting air and that is not good. I have had to reinject myself on one occasion because I noticed froth in the syringe when I had the needle in and was injecting the enbrel. This is obviously something which needs to be brought to the attention of Wyeth. I think the proper way to do this would be via the RD or specialist nurse. Best to all you silent people. Peter > Jayne. > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Peter I mix mine in the vial, then leave it an hour or so until I draw it into the syringe, by which time the froth has subsided a lot. As far as air is concerned, I'm not worried about a few air bubbles as it isn't intravenous. The nurse who taught me and my arthritis nurse have both said not to worry about the odd air bubble - it is just under the skin and not into a vein. Jayne Ah yes, but don't you ever hit a small vein by accident ? Peter > Ah yes, but don't you ever hit a small vein by accident ? > > Peter Sometimes I nick one, and when I mentioned it they still said don't worry. Apparently you have to inject quite a bit into a main vein to do damage. Jayne > Hellooooo....ooo...ooo > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Jayne >>> I didn't notice any difference. I'm on 17.5mg MTX . I asked my RD about when to take the MTX and she said it didn't matter so carried on the same . I was a bit below the norm for white and red cells in my previous blood test , but the test last week showed they'd gone up. Alison >> Hellooooo....ooo...ooo >> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > blood test , but the test last week showed they'd gone up. > Alison > Hi all, havn't been offered the once a week packs yet, do you have to ask > for them? Suppose you get less frequent deliveries do you? These 4 weeks > seem to come round very quickly and never at the same time of day so I'm > hanging about all morning some times waiting. Alison, have you had those abnormal results since the weekly doses? Keep well everyone Josie >> > Hi all, havn't been offered the once a week packs yet, do you have to ask > > for them? Suppose you get less frequent deliveries do you? These 4 weeks > > seem to come round very quickly and never at the same time of day so I'm > > hanging about all morning some times waiting.>> I didn't ask, they just told me I was getting them. The delivery is still every month:( but they take up less room in the fridge. > Alison, have you had those abnormal results since the weekly doses?>> yes but its happened before , it's to do with the MTX . I need to make sure I take enough folic acid. Alison:) |
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