Etanercept vs METHOTREXATE

Hey there! I’m coming up on 30 years living with RA. I was diagnosed as a young woman - only 22 years old! I was originally diagnosed seronegative RA, but am now seropositive. I’ve been on biologics over 25 years. I’ve managed to lead a full life after diagnosis: corporate career, two kids, world tr

hi guys, I recovered from long Covid, it started beginning 2022 for me and I relapsed many times, because any time I recover I’d get Covid again and bam another 3 months in bed. I’ll probably get it again, if I get Covid again. But I really pray and take all precautions to not get it. I know it’s di

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Hi everyone, I'm writing on behalf of my partner, because we’re both overwhelmed and could really use some advice and support. After nearly **8 years of pain and being misdiagnosed**, he was finally diagnosed with **Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS)**. For years, doctors said it was just stress, posture,

Edit: some folks brought up the very good point that you need to balance effects of any treatment against the effects of doing nothing. I was only focusing on the side effects of TNFi bc that's what I received a bunch of good (published) shareable info from my doc on, but we have had previous conver

I have been doing a lot of AI deep searches to find a way to reduce PD progression by using various supplements. Below is the extract of the findings. I suspect that for people at the early stages of PD might benefit from the effects and potentially slow down PD progression. If we have enough peo

I just switched insurances (new job), and my new insurance won't cover Enbrel for psoriatic arthritis, preferring one of 3 other TNF blockers. I've been on Enbrel for the last 5 years, and would really rather not switch away from something that's working so well, especially since I work in healthcar

Edit #3: I passed out today on my apartment steps out of absolutely the worst pain I’ve ever had in my life and someone saw me and called an ambulance. I finally got a diagnosis in the emergency room after bawling my eyes out of frustration at this entire situation and they found out I have a corona

This is going to be so, so, so long and I’m so sorry. But we don’t know what else to do. I’ve tried to compress it the best I could. 3f with medical mystery. First year of life: -couldn’t latch until 2 months old -refused all food, in all forms. -up every 20 minutes every single night, wouldn’t

Hey /r/pharmacy I'm a mod over on the /r/lupus sub and we got our [first report](https://www.reddit.com/r/lupus/comments/vt9owi/denied_my_methotrexate/) from a from an established user of the sub saying their methotrexate prescription has been denied due to the recent overturning of roe. This has [b

I've been dancing my heart out for the last couple days. In public. I don't know why I'm just happy to be alive and moving and I don't even need music. It is honestly so abnormal for me to be dancing that I figured I should ask here? Nothing bad comes from the urge to dance in public yeah? F19 5'4 1

https://www.oscn.net/dockets/GetCaseInformation.aspx?db=oklahoma&number=CF-2023-2233&cmid=4194257 Maybe fuzzy on details, but basically this case was a doc who ordered mtx for a patient and sent the order as qd vs qw. Pharmacist filled it. Patient died. Obviously very sad, we just normally

F23 just ran a 10k. For reference I use to be a big runner so I have pride but haven't ran in a few months so no foundation. Absolutely killed myself to PR today. The race was brutal with cramping in my legs and lower back. I have probably ran hundreds of races. NEVER before have I gotten so immedi

25F USA 130 lbs 5'6 Meds: Prednisone, Cymbalta, 5mg Percocet 3x a day I will appreciate any insight. I'm so frustrated and exhausted I can hardly think straight by this point. Typing this from a hospital bed, actually! I will try to provide how this affects me both physically and mentally, and my st

Be careful and vigilant when dealing with maverick prescribers. Look at this example, the dosage was flagged and followed up on yet dispensed regardless. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/drug-for-common-skin-disorder-implicated-in-grandfather-s-death-20180206-p4yzik.html