Biologics

[catcat01]

Hi all

Hope everyone is well

Can I ask if anyone on biologics ever has increased swelling and pain in joints after your injection . I’ve only been on it a couple of months but the pain the day after and for a few days is unbearable

Thankyou for reading

Kim

[KittyJ]

I’ve never had this happen but in the beginning you may get more pain as your biologic won’t be fully working. Someone else asked a similar question earlier or yesterday, if you scroll back you’ll find it and you can see their answers too 😊

[catcat01 in reply to KittyJ]

Thank you kittyJI think I’m going to speak to my nurse as I am in agony this time x

[stbernhard in reply to catcat01]

That's a good thing to do. Your nurse or doctor are the ones that should be able to give you the best answers. Hope the pain abates quickly.

[Bagpuss2021]

I've had to give up taking biologics as I have found that the pain is really bad injecting. waiting for new meds to be given, thinking of coming off methotrexate as it makes me sweat so bad, just can't stand being so uncomfortable.

[Blodynhaul in reply to Bagpuss2021]

Sorry to hear that Bagpuss 2021. If you stop biologics altogether and also MTX, would you take another DMARD then or what? I was already having agonising pain before starting a biologic only 2months ago - and still get the bad pain (though not related to the actual injecting, just the biologic not working!)

[Hidden]

This is an interesting question - I began taking an injection weekly of Abatacept and noticed for the first few months I felt rough the day after. After the 16th injection I am fine - working well just a bit tired the day after my injection.

[Jesnaskah]

Hi! I took Humira for 3 months and it would make me significantly worse after injecting it. I made sure to pay attention to how I felt, and in a matter of a few hours, I'd have pain, especially in my hands, pain that wasn't there prior. (I'm also on Prednisone). After 3 months of the same experience, I quit the Humira.Side note: the fatigue the injection gave me was like nothing I had ever experienced, ever. It was worse than RA fatigue. There were times I couldn't even lift my arms at all. I would just lay on the sofa, not even sleeping and didn't realize hours had passed. It was pretty scary. I don't think it's fair we have so suffer through things that may or may not work, but of course that's my own crazy opinion. But nothing about RA is fair.

Maybe you can ask your doctor for something to hold you over while you're figuring out if this medicine will work for you.