# Enbrel and hayfever symptoms

**URL:** <https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/enbrel-and-hayfever-symptoms/2049>\
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**Created:** [July 14, 2013, 8:06am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/enbrel-and-hayfever-symptoms/2049 "2013-07-14T08:06:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![GwynnethP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/gwynnethp/32/382_2.png) [@GwynnethP](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/GwynnethP)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 8:06am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/enbrel-and-hayfever-symptoms/2049/1 "2013-07-14T08:06:55Z")

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Apologies for being quiet recently - life has been busy and for once, I have been well enough to cope with it!

Anyhoo, it’s hot and sunny at the mo and I appear to have hayfever symptoms which I have not had before. Could the enbrel/MTX combo be making me sensitive to pollen? Any thoughts oh wise people?

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**Author:** ![Stoney](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/stoney/32/5959_2.png) [@Stoney](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Stoney)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 11:40am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/enbrel-and-hayfever-symptoms/2049/2 "2013-07-14T11:40:59Z")

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So I don't know specifically about enbrel and MTX. However, I have found no difference in my allergy symptoms overall on two DMARDS. That said, I have found that I am less sensitive to poison ivy since I added in leflunomide, and before that MTX. Lowered immune response?

Okay, I still get it, but it is very minor, and doesn't spread. I have a tiny bit now, as it's berry picking season and I never seem to spot it around the berries.

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**Author:** ![Marietta](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/marietta/32/761_2.png) [@Marietta](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Marietta)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/enbrel-and-hayfever-symptoms/2049/3 "2013-07-14T16:42:35Z")

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I have Lene Andersen's book about living with RA (she's had it her whole life, and she's around 40 now, and a wheelchair user), and she talks about Enbrel causing allergy like symptoms. I know that I have more sinus sensitivity to allergens now, but I can't link it to biologics like Enbrel, because the sensitivity only developed in the past couple years, and I've been on a biologic for 12 years now.