Relafen & Glenn's question

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Hi Glenn,

I am so happy to hear that the Remicade is working for you. I am going

to see my rheumatologist again in a couple of weeks to probably begin

a course of treatment with Remicade. I offer empathy for your

brother. If Remicade works not for your brother, has he tried Enbrel

or Humira? Enbrel seemed to haelp me a great deal for a short while,

but it argued and fought with my nervous system. It seems to help

aout 50% of the people - who knows, maybe your brother is one of

those. I have also heard good things about Humira, but it has not yet

been used as much Enbrel and Remicade.

RE: Relafen: I took it for 3-4 years, until my stomach said enough is

enough. It really did very little for me except take the extreme edge

off. One thing about it is that it is an old medication and it has

been used a great deal. It has very few side-effects (outside of

stripping the lining from one's stomach). Now, I take Celebrex 200 mg

2X/day; it is the best of these sorts of drugs(analgesic/nsaid) for me.