rinvoq/5th. booster

[Rainyda]

Rinvoq & Booster wait a week before and after rinvoq?

[Neonkittie17]

Creaky Joints website cites the American College of Rheumatology’s guidance notes, and my rheumy and many others consult the ACR (and the British Rheumatology Society too.)

From CJ website/ACR:

“The guidance recommends that patients with stable disease stop taking this medication for one week after each COVID-19 vaccine dose.JAK inhibitors (ex: Xeljanz, Olumiant, Rinvoq): Skip for 1 week after each vaccine dose. The guidance recommends that patients can stop taking these medications, which are oral pills taken daily, for one week after each COVID-19 vaccine dose. JAK inhibitors work in part by reducing the activity of immune system proteins called interferon, which play an important role in how your immune system responds to invading viruses.“Interferon is kind of like the captain in of the immune system army signaling all of the troops and telling them when and where to deploy. When you reduce interferon, you can throw your immune system’s response into chaos,” says Dr. Curtis. The thinking is that holding JAKs after getting the COVID-19 vaccine may improve how your body is able to recognize and fight viral infections like the coronavirus.“

If you’re not sure about pausing a week before the vaccine, I’d ask your rheumy nurse if possible.

[Knit12]

I’m on Rinvoq and have been for the last 14 months. Every time I have the vaccine my rheumatologist told me to stop taking Rinvoq 3 days before jab and 3 days after. I have been fine each time and it doesn’t cause me to flare.