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Below are Remicade (Infliximab) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 2 ratings/reviews, Remicade has an overall score of 5.50. The effectiveness score is 10 and the side effect score is 3. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Remicade review by 47 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | |   |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | RHUEMATOID ARTHRITIS |
| Dosage & duration: | | 5MG TO START AND THEN UP TO 10MG taken first dose then 2 weeks then 6 then 8 for the period of 1 YEAR |
| Other conditions: | | NONE |
| Other drugs taken: | | IBUPROPHEN 3200 MG DAILY | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | AT FIRST IT KEPT MY SYMPTONS TO A MINIMUM, AND MOOD IN GENERAL INHANCED. THIS FOR ALMOST A FULL YEAR....THEN I NEEDED TO UP DOSAGE FIRST WENT TO 6 WEEKS...THEN TO EVERY 4WEEKS...DOSE INCREASED TO MAX OF 10MG |
| Side effects: | | AT FIRST ALL GOOD--FELT WONDERFUL MOOD AND PHYSICAL SOME ITCHING ON CHEST AREA AND COUGHING FOR 2 DAYS AFTER DOSE
THEN STARTED BREAKING OUT IN SORES WHEN IN SUN...THEY WOULD NOT HEAL FACE, EARS AND SCALP HAIR LOSS AT SORE SITE ESPECIALLY IN SCALP WHICH HAS REMAINED SOMEWHAT PERMANENT. SOON NO LONGER GETTING PHYSICAL RELIEF FROM RA SYMPTONS...STOPPED TREATMENT AS RELIEF BECAME LESS THAN SIDE EFFECTS
I REALLY WISH THIS PARTICULAR DRUG WOULD HAVE WORKED FOR ME...OR ORENCIA WHICH HAD A LESS TIME CONSUMING AND LESS FREQUENT RATE OF IVS!
ALSO--FINDING A VEIN BECAME DIFFICULT AT TIMES AND COLLAPSED VEINS WERE NOT UNCOMMON IN GROUP IVS
ONLY ONCE DURING IV PROCESS I BECAME HORRIBLY NAUSEOUS AND THEY BECAME QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT CONVULSIONS THEY SLOWED THE DRIP AND I MADE IT THRU THAT AFTER THAT THEY KEPT A CRASH CART NEARBY IN CASE OF AND I NEVER HAD ANOTHER REACTION LIKE THAT ---CONTRIBUTED IT TO LACK OF SLEEP, FOOD AND PAIN DEGREE I WAS HAVING |
| Comments: | | REMICADE IS AN IV DRUG ADMINISTERED OVER A 3 HOUR PERIOD. USUALLY A GROUP OF 4-5 PATIENTS ARE SCHEDULED IN SLIGHTLY STAGGERED--LUNCH IS GIVEN IF TIME GOES OVER LUNCH TIME, WATER ENCOURAGED DURING AFTER AND BEFORE FOR HYDRATION....A STERIOD, SALINE AND ANTIHYSTEMINE ARE ALSO ADMINISTERED-STERIOD,SALINE BY IV AND ANITHYST BY MOUTH...BLOOD PRESSURE AND TEMP ARE CHECKED PERIODICALLY DOSAGE IS BY WEIGHT OR MINIMUM AMOUNTS, A SALINE IS THEN FLUSHED THRU TUBBING TO HYDRATE AND TO FLUCH OUT ANY MEDS LEFT IN TUBE
I AM NOW WAITING FOR A DRUG TO BECOME AVAIABLE THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE A SECOND LINE DRUG SUCH AS METHOTREXCIATE(SP) OR SULFASALIZINE AS I HAVE HAD REACTIONS TO BOTH THESE BUT STUDIES WITH NEWEST DRUGS REQUIRE A SECOND LINE DRUG AND UNTIL THEY BECOME AVAILABLE TO GENERAL PUBLIC I HAVE TO WAIT---ALSO WITH THE DRUG SCARES THAT HAVE HAPPENED BEXTRA ETC (STILL HAVE SCARRING FROM THAT ONE ON ARMS FROM SEVERE SUN BURN) THINGS SEEM TO BE TAKING LONGER TO COME OUT |
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| | Remicade review by 51 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Extremely Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | crohns disease, psoriatic arthritis |
| Dosage & duration: | | 1 IV infusion treatment per month (dosage frequency: 1 \treatment per month) for the period of 3months |
| Other conditions: | | crohns disease, psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, fibrymyalgia |
| Other drugs taken: | | asacol, methotrexate, neoral | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | skin and joints were better |
| Side effects: | | I could not breath during treatment; first time was fine, 2nd and 3rd times treatment could not be completed; vomiting, felt like throat/lungs were closing up. |
| Comments: | | an iv infusion in the doctor's office. |
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