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Started humira for pa any advice

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dean75942
dean75942

Hi all.

After being diagnosed with pa at 28 years old and after 7 years of steriod creams and mthx injections and pills with no to little effect . After finding harder and harder to work and look after 3 young kids with the desease. Got to the point where my specialist team couldnt put it off any longer and put me on bio ( humira ) . Iv only took 1 injection so far and seen an improvement in my joints. But my skin has got seriously worse. But at the time of being put on bio my rumo nurse gave me a steriod injection for the arthritic pain. Im now not sure if it was the steriods or the humira. Also any input on the progress on anyones humira treatment i would be gratefully.

Thanks all

Dean

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  • andrew03448
    andrew03448 dean75942

    Posted

    Hi mate not started. It yet but no what you going through chin up
    • dean75942
      dean75942 andrew03448

      Posted

      Cheers andrew.

      Good luck on the meds.

      My joints have made improvement

      My skin is stil itchy and patchy

      Will just keep going and see what happend

  • andrew03448
    andrew03448 dean75942

    Posted

    All I've had is uv light treatment and meds skin not bad but pain in joints terrible I take meds but don't work on sticks and chair which yes gets me out but then what bed it is or you go mad

  • lucynewas
    lucynewas dean75942

    Posted

    There's a new drug called otezla specific for PsA - ask your rheum nurse about it.

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