Remacade Day!
I had my Remacade treatment today, and everything is good. My red blood cell count dropped 2 points, but it is normal to have some fluxuation so they're not worrying about it now. But if today's counts are down, more then they'll call me and I'll stop the Imuran. They gave me Zyrtec-D this time because of my allergies and congestion. I don't know why they didn't give me the "D" last time! GAH! Frustrating.
UC is still doing better so he was pleased with that. Just will keep doing what I'm doing. :-)
posted by Karen @ 3:44:00 PM
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I have been on remacaid now for about a year. I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis about 5 years ago and then was on prednisone/methotrexate. Remacaid has made feel like I can live again and can tell when it is about time to get it again. I highly recommend it.
My name is Tina Hansar and i would like to show you my personal experience with Zyrtec.
I am 40 years old. Have been on Zyrtec for 4 years now. When first began taking zyrtec, the allergy relief was great. But it did make me very, very tired. Later added singulair. Took both at night. So exhausted, couldn't function well thru the day but didn't link it to meds. Had repeat blood tests for anemia, thyroid, etc. but all came back normal. Switched singulair to morning to stretch out side effects, but still drained of energy. After taking these meds for years, just stopped about 3 months ago and energy level is back to normal. Allergies are bad again, but will take that any day over not being able to get out of bed and not having energy to get thru the day. Also, hair loss is no longer.
I have experienced some of these side effects -
Extreme exhaustion, lethargy, loss of interest, hip pain, back pain, occasional dizziness, hair loss.
I hope this information will be useful to others,
Tina Hansar
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