Wow, I just took a quick glance at that page. Some of those folks have been on Remicade for 8 years. They must have been part of the “trials.”
I just wanted to add this comment, how I feel about taking a med you just aren’t sure about. What you start, you can stop. I always tell that to newly diagnosed MS patients who are afraid of the side effects of an interferon. If the side effects are too much, you have the choice to stop it. You’re not committing to a drug, for life.
Best of luck.
Well, in a sense you can go off the meds.
The onset of this RA ailment has been very quick for my wife ~ taking her from normal to very nearly being unable to walk in a matter of weeks.
She has since yo-yo’d a bit on some of the various meds (prednisone and methotextrate). I think stress and anxiety have played a great role in the onset, as well. She almost seemed to be in remission after a first round of drugs and a nice summer.
Job stress, anxiety, medical payments seemed to bring us back to square one pretty quickly.
The election of Carack the Redistributor has not helped all that much either. ;-)