Hi, has anyone tried the Raptiva injection or Enbrel injection for Psoriasis?
If so how did they find it?Did you have any nasty side-effects?I'm really sick of it, tried loads of treatments……
I take the Raptiva injection every week.There are side effects, but I've been on it for six weeks and have had WONDERFUL success.I had large thick lesions of psoriasis.Every one of them is drastically improving.I no longer scale (yuuuckk)Raptiva has to be prescibed by a physician.The dosage goes by your body weight.I am actually part of a study, so I get money sent to me every six months for participating, which has actually helped offset the cost.I had tried every thing, creams, light treatments, I even let this crazy 2#$ women “buff” one of the larger scaled areas.(FYI this is NEVER a good option !)
If you are seriously thinking about it know that before you can take it you have to have labs (blood work) drawn.They have to do a platelet count and a CBC.
The biggest drawback of this medicine for me was that it decreases your immune system, so I caught every bug for the first couple of weeks, but now I take vitamins and take better care of myself.EMail me at kschoner@yahoo.com if you have any questions !
Good luck !
Karen
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Usually, beginning psoriasis are treated by creams, ointments and lotions. Sometimes when the psoriases gets worse and starts to cover the entire body, doctors think it is a good idea to go to the next level. Psoriasis shot treatments such as Humira, Amevive, Raptiva, Enbrel and Remicade. Pick your shot, one of them may work. Work with your doctor what the safest ones are for you.
The Enbrel did not help my psoriatic arthritis but it was great on my psoriasis!
I go to a psoriasis specialist and he has very positive things to say about Stelara; however, he did tell me that there are cardio vascular side effects being reported. He put me on Humira instead because of this.
I doubt if I stop taking Stelara my psorasis won’t come back… It would come back with a vengence I’m sure but let me tell you that I for one will not stop taking it ever until my doctor tells me… My body was covered over 85% and it worked it cleared my skin totally in less then 2 months from the date that I started the injection my psorasis was gone… So I really do not care what anyone has to say about this drug I will continue to take it and I will praise this miracle drug to anyone who asks about it…
Raptiva was an excellent drug for me. I was in the case study for two years before this drug was commercially available. Once it became available I used it for an additional 3+ years until it was removed from the market. I recieved excellent results from this drug. I was taken off this drug in September 2009 and was put on Humeria.
Amevive® (alefacept) is a prescription biologic medication for adults with moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy.1 Your doctor gives you an injection of Amevive once a week for 12 weeks, then you get a break from therapy for 12 weeks—or more.1-3 For some people who have responded, treatment breaks have lasted 4 months…or longer. When you are taking Amevive, a blood test will be done every 2 weeks to check your T-cell levels.1 T cells are a type of white blood cell that fight disease.
Infliximab (INN; trade name Remicade) is a monoclonal antibody against tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα). It is used to treat autoimmune diseases. Remicade is marketed by Centocor Ortho Biotech, Inc. (Centocor) in the USA, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma in Japan, Xian Janssen in China, and Schering-Plough (now part of Merck & Co) elsewhere.[1]
Infliximab was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of psoriasis, Crohn’s disease, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis. Infliximab won its initial approval by the FDA for the treatment of Crohn’s disease in August 1998.[2]
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