I have been to the hospital today. I have been treated for psoriatic arthritis for about 5 years. My consultant says that as I have tried everything else, without success I now have to decide whether to have Enbrel. I am a bit concerned about the side effects especially increased chance of infection. While I was on methotrexate I had quite a few infections including shingles.Also not keen on giving myself injections
Not taking anything is now causing deformity in my joints and tissue inflammation so an important decision
Please can anyone tell me their experience of this drug
Thank you
Hi elliejay, I have had very good experience with enbrel. I have been on it for the last year and a half and it's working very well for both my skin and my joints. I have had no infections in all this time. And I have not had any side effects. Take the plunge, you won't regret it!
Hi Ellie, i dont take enbrel but i do inject Mthx and Gollimumab, they are in pen form and honestly are so easy, it just takes seconds you will be shown how to do it and you will be surprised how easy it is not like the old days where you had syringes etc,ive been lucky so far and haven't had any infections although my immune system is very low. Good luck.
I've been on Enbrel for 8 years and it gave me my life back
I have had no problems with it.