Guest guest Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 n, just out of curiosity, what led your physician to suspect that you might have latent TB? I'll tell you where to go! Mayo Clinic in Rochester http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester s Hopkins Medicine http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org Re: [ ] Re: ON THE WAR PATH > > > Yes, France is a very beautiful country and we are very happy here. The > only medication I now take is Enbrel, which has changed my life. I have > only been taking it for just over 4 months and it started working within a > week. Up till then I had a lot of inflammation and joint nodules. I have > had to take antituberculous treatment for the possibility of latent TB - > only another two weeks to go, thank god, because the side-effects are > getting worse by the day. I started off with isoniazid, but had to stop > after 6 weeks because of alarmingly elevated liver enzymes - boy was I > worried! Since then I have been taking rifampicin and pyrazinamide, of > which I am heartily sick. I think that if I did not have such a wonderful > rheumatologist, I wouldn't have stayed the course, but he thinks it's very > important that I complete the 3 months and I couldn't bear to let him > down. > > Bye for now, > > M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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