So – I have to start a new medication soon, and I can’t for the life of me pick one, and… well, basically, I’m just wondering what you lovely ladies would do. Which is a little ridiculous, I know, but I’m just so darn curious!
Because this is so very (very very very) off-topic, I’m going to sneak the rest under a cut, so feel free to skip this post (which will be taken down in a day or two)… or read on ;)
whee irrelevant makeup photos to break up the text
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The ten-second bazillion minute rundown
Both drugs that I’m considering are immunosuppressive TNF inhibitors known as biologics, a class of drugs used to treat moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. In terms of effectiveness and safety, they should be equal (biologics do this weird thing where they sometimes work and sometimes don’t, depending on the person, no one really knows why… it just kind of happens), so at this point it’s more of a “lifestyle choice” than anything else.
If you’re interested in reading more about the two drugs, rheumatoid arthritis, or biologics in general, feel free to check out the links below!
Wikipedia: golimumab (Simponi), inflixiab (Remicade), TNF inhibitor, rheumatoid arthritis
Drug websites: Simponi, Remicade
Blogs: RA Warrior, Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy
I’m not going to go really in-depth about these drugs, because a) I really don’t think anyone out there would care to read a six-page paper on them, b) they’re very similar in terms of side effects, etc, and c) the issues that are important to me, in particular, simply wouldn’t span six pages! So, without further adieu…
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Option one: Remicade
Remicade is….
- Administered via: IV in a rather comfy injection clinic; every two months (but would likely require me to miss a day of work/school/etc)
- Injection volume: 250ml
- Public availability: 1998
- Makeup: mouse/human chimeric antibody
Option two: Simponi
Simponi is…
- Administered via: subcutaneous injection; monthly (done at home; wouldn’t take more than ten minutes)
- Injection volume: 0.5ml
- Public availability: 2009 (this is my only major issue with Simponi – erk!)
- Makeup: fully human
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The poll!
Thanks for answering, my dearlings! (That’s right, dearlings.) & I’ll see you soon with some more, erm, makeup-y babble ;)
