Re: Humira and Plaquenil Combination__Anybody tried this?

August 24, 2005

Hi - I'm on Humira weekly with plaquinel and also with sulphasalazine -

I'm better but not great....Naprysen gave me lots of gi trouble too -

no bleeding - but lots of espohagitis.

Bonnie

> I've been taking Methotrexate for 3 months, and slowly but surely it

> was making a zombie out of me. I felt like a different person. Now,

I

> will discuss with my Roomy about the Humira and Plaquenil

> combination.

> I just started Humira last week, so to soon to say about its

> effectiveness, but at least so far no side effects. A while back I

> was on the Naprysen_Plaquenil combination. It kept my RA in check

for

> several years, but then came the inevitable NSAID GI Bleed. And a

big

> one. I had to have a transfusion. Needless to say I was yanked off

of

> those meds. I would however like to get the Plaquenil back since in

> all likelihood it was Naprysen that was the culprit. Anybody had

side

> effects with Plaquenil, or tried the Humira-Plaquenil combo?

> Thanx,

August 24, 2005