Has anyone tried cutting back on enbrel use?

General
#1

I inject enbrel once a week,but was starting to notice muscle fatigue,teeth & gum sensitivity,and

sometimes paranoia. I decided that last week i would skip a week and see how I would feel.Almost

all of the symptoms have subsided by at least 60%.I am going to ween myself down to twice a month,

and monitor myself. Has anyone else tried this with any success.

Thank You

SJ

#2

What other medications are you taking? You may be having those side effects from one of the other meds.

You may also want to consider changing biologics if this continues to be a serious problem for you. If you don't keep your treatments at an effective level, you will have joint damage.

#3

I am on a low dose (4 tablets once a week of methotrexate,down from 10 tablets twice a week). This is the only other

med. I take.

SJ

Marietta said:

What other medications are you taking? You may be having those side effects from one of the other meds.

You may also want to consider changing biologics if this continues to be a serious problem for you. If you don't keep your treatments at an effective level, you will have joint damage.

#4

Methotrexate is notorious for all sorts of side effects, while most people don't have any from Enbrel.

You should talk to your doc about this, definitely.