Experiences with

Abatacept

Hi Everyone thanks for your own information regarding taking Abatacept it’s good to know how it affects different people , keep positive 👍

Hi is anyone on biological Abatacept, some side affects I am experiencing pain in left side of head , stiffness in neck, cold sweats just lays a couple of days. Any advice welcome.

I have abatacept infusions every 4 weeks, as this is a biologic medication does anybody know if I can still have the Covid vaccination & if so which one. I am very confused as there is very little information available

By the way I am on Methotrexate, hydroxychloroquine, abatacept biological and various drugs relating to osteoporosis and heart failure.

Im on a biological drug Abatacept does anyone know how long i have to be off it before surgery please. I will get advice from rhuemy but I'd like an idea also hiw long will I be off it. Thank you 😊

Would like to know if anyone is taking the above injection for RA, at first I had a few cramps in both my legs, feeling light headed, swelling of hands. But I think my body is getting used to it. Rhumotologist prescriped it.

Hi everyone Has anyone taken Orencia/ Abatacept, just started injecting 2 wks ago experience burning sensation on toungue, any advice ?

Hi everyone just a little advice , recently started on Abatacept injection experience burning tongue and throat, anyone had this , and any advice taking drug . ? 👍

Im PA/RA and take prednisolone and Abatacept i thought both vaccines out there now were not live. I listened to one of the scientists on television last week discussing how people who are immune suppressed cannot have live vaccine and AstraZeneca is live.

I take both methotrexate and inject the biologic abatacept (Orencia) each week for my rheumatoid arthritis. In the first lockdown I was classed as clinically extremely vulnerable and told to shield.

Thank you to all of you who replied to my previous post regarding whether I should be in Group 4 or 6 whilst on MXT and Abatacept (a biologic) for my RA.

Hi! Has anyone used the one of the above to treat their lupus/rheumatoid arthritis? What were your side effects if you had any? Would you recommend it? Do you know the possible long-term issues it may cause? Or if you have any information on these drugs please let me know! Thanks!

I dropped MTX for a year and then slowly started to spread out the time between Abatacept Infusions. With Abatacept the Infusion rate is 1x month. I stretched that to every 10 days. When COVID came my doctor advised me to switch to self Injections.

The pattern has been having infusions at Hospital up to self injection of Abatacept at home. Some treatments were partly successful, others didn’t work at all and the working ones usually stopped working after 18 months. I know Biologics can be very successful but they don’t work for me.

Abatacept (Orencia), injectable form: Skip one week before and after the first vaccine dose only The injectable form of this medication is taken weekly. This applies only to the first vaccine dose. Abatacept affects the function of T cells, which Dr.

Hi I am shielding until 30th June, due to methotrexate and abatacept and type 2 diabetes.

.), tofacitinib (Xeljanz, Pfizer) and upadacitinib (Rinvoq, AbbVie) — and some biologics — abatacept (Orencia, Bristol Myers Squibb) and rituximab (Rituxan, Genentech) — that alter the immune system’s response in ways that might affect vaccine response.

They also made other recommendations about timing when you get the COVID-19 vaccine in the course of treatment with biologics rituximab (Rituxan) and abatacept (Orencia). However, the guidance says that patients should not stop taking most medications before or after getting the vaccine.

I've been on Abatacept for 3.5 months it's been fantastic I've got my life back with this biologic drug. For just over a week I haven't felt so good I think I've been over doing things (maybe).

Hi everyone, I had a telephone appointment today with Rheumatologist and as I expected as I am on methotrexate and abatacept I am at high risk.