remicade treatments outside of US

by Dennis Davis
(Houston, TX)

Do any countries offer remicade treatments tha would cost effective to visit (Costa Rica)

Side affects from Remicade Treatments

by Sally
(Milton NH)

I was just diagnosed with Crohns in the beginning of August of 2009. After a 15 day stay in the hospital, I went home with 7 meds for Crohns. I had a remicade treament in the hospital, with no side effects, well least I think none. I had my next remicade treatment Sept 1st, and my 3rd treatment Sept 30th.

It was the 3rd treament of Remicade that really went through my body, from head to toe that afternoon. By 9pm that night, it felt that there were a millon people in my body, tearing it apart. No one could even touch my skin. It was found out that any arthritis that I had in my body, (which is everywhere) was made 10 times more painful as a result of one of the side effects of Remicade. I also had a total knee replacement in March of this year, along with surgeries for a rotator cuff repair and a bicep muscle that had been ripped. Both of these surgeries, were severely affected by the 3rd treatmemt of Remicade, with the artritis flare up. Now they're more painful then they were before the surgeries. So we wait to see if I need more surgeries on my knee and shoulder.(cute)

So now no more Remicade treatments for me. At the end of November, I will start the Humira treatment.

I was at a Rumatologist yesterday, to see if I had Rumitoid (sp) Arthritis. Which I don't. which is the only good news I have had medically this whole year.

I have some questions, as far as other side affects that have been happening to me. They started right after the 2nd Remicade treatment. But according to info that i've read, which according to things that i've read are very rare, but would explain a lot.

I have lost mobility and funtion with my pinky, ring and middle fingers on both hands . They're always and yes I mean 24/7 tingly, with severe weakness. Along with numbness in my right foot, and my ankle, along with tingly and severe pain on the front of my right leg from the knee down. My leg feels heavy, and I can not flex my ankle as I could before.

With both of my hands and leg,foot, the more I attempt to use them, the worse they hurt and the heavier they feel. Items will drop out of my right hand. It gets to the point that I can just about lift my right foot. Which really isn't to good when I am driving. I can use my hands for driving with out a problem but they do start to hurt a lot more, andI can't start the car with my right hand, I have to reach over with my left hand.

I do have an appt with a spine/neck Dr a week from today to see if any of this is from pinched nerves. If he says no, then it is onto a Rumatologist.

I really would like some help, to see if any of this has happened to anyone during their Remicade treatments.

remicade

by Tracy
(San Antonio Texas)

needs info on Remicade. Who is on it and are there any bad side effects?

remicade question

I may be changing my medication from Sulsalazine to Remicade what do you think about that. Is Remicade a good choice to put my chrohn's in remission?

remicade for fissures

does remicade deal with fissures?

surgery verse remicade

My daughter is 15 and presently at childrens hospital and they r wanting her on remicade and my daughter is wanting to do surgery they explain the surgery as incisions put in her small intestine and that gives it room to expand