tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8533911831400192848.post7862804633174938704..comments2023-10-20T06:48:05.682-04:00Comments on Here's Your Gold Watch - Rheutired: Have I Lost My Abilities? My Pharmacist Votes Yes.Anethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831501899415936152noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8533911831400192848.post-88144535569861163272014-01-14T11:58:22.063-05:002014-01-14T11:58:22.063-05:00I'm glad you saw the post and that biotin is w...I'm glad you saw the post and that biotin is working for you. My friend in a support group recommended taking it to deal with thinning hair so I've been taking biotin too for 3 or 4 months. I think it's helping me. (Sometimes wishful thinking can influence what I see) My hair looks a bitthicker now<br />I'm on Humira too but with methotrexate. Arava was the drug I "failed" on before the Humira was OK'd.<br />I had long hair too for most of my life and I miss it. Good luck with your treatments.<br /><br />I blogged about wrist fusion in an older post. I want to have my fingers straightened but the hand surgeon I see insists he won't do the fingers unless the wrist is fused. I have old damage and very little movement in the wrist anyway so have a date for another fusion in March.Anethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02831501899415936152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8533911831400192848.post-44245811569896758182014-01-13T13:55:36.759-05:002014-01-13T13:55:36.759-05:00Hello Anet...firstly, thank you for this blog. I c...Hello Anet...firstly, thank you for this blog. I can't believe that I didn't find/search for this sooner.<br />I was diagnosed with RA about 10yrs ago at the age of 26 (wow how time flies) and what a journey it has been. I recently had surgery on my left hand to fix my ulnar deviation (did the right in Jan 2013).<br />I'll spare the long history...lol...I'm inclined to comment on this post because my doctor (well not really but he's the only specialist we have here) decided to put me on Arava since I finally got my insurance to cover Humira after months of waiting approval. <br />I personally wanted to just stick to Humira but this specialist told me biologics are to be combined with another med such as methotraxate etc...I couldn't handle methotrexate from previous try so I was given Arava.<br />Of course this doctor never told me anything about side effects and my panflate was in French (or was it Dutch) so i couldn't read anything. I do remember asking him about side effect but he said they're mostly tolerable. Within weeks (if not days) my hair began to fall. I didn't notice it too much at first and didn't really correlate the tenderness on my scalp with this medication but it was so noticeable in a month or two that I had to cut all my hair off. I did some research and realized it was the Arava. It was horrible...to make it worst I couldn't get off of it because when i did try the pain in my joints were unbearable.<br />Through numerous research I started a biotin regiment and that definitely help. I finished that one bottle of supplement and my hair is back to normal. I'm still on Arava, no biotin, but my hair is fine.<br />Had the doctor said anything to me I would have started the biotin regiment as soon as I started Arava and not have to cut my lower back length hair :( Needless to say I now reserach each and every medication I take and ask the doctor to explain in details exactly why i am taking it for. It never ends...lolAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00564877201558434093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8533911831400192848.post-81279141670699344112013-12-26T10:33:22.743-05:002013-12-26T10:33:22.743-05:00It's a horrendous choice. Any chance of effect...It's a horrendous choice. Any chance of effects on a child should go to the top of the list even if rare. To be fair I have not checked on the info sheet lately since arava is a drug that failed to have any good effects for me and did have a "nice" variety of unpleasant ones.Anethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02831501899415936152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8533911831400192848.post-9127870200359502032013-12-23T19:51:21.742-05:002013-12-23T19:51:21.742-05:00AND!! The new info sheet doesn't mention that ...AND!! The new info sheet doesn't mention that Arava causes horrendous birth defects! Good Lord...Lene Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11223128667829847717noreply@blogger.com