Generic Name: Tocilizumab for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (tocilizumab)
Tocilizumab for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Reviews
Actemra (tocilizumab) "Actemra is the best medicine! I was diagnosed with polyarticular JIA when I was 13 years old. Now I am 19 years old. I tried many medicines: methotrexate, sulfasalazine, leflunomide, enbrel, remicade. And my arthritis was always active... But after my first Actemra infusion I felt the difference. Now I get these infusions since May. And I don't feel any pain, stiffness or swelling. I remember that I have arthritis not because my joints hurt but just because I need to go to the hospital for IV infusions. Now I feel like a healthy person! And I feel like that just because Actemra! Oh, and I also want to say that I don't have any side effects! P.s. sorry, I can write with some mistakes because english is not my first language, I'm from Europe."
Actemra (tocilizumab) "I started on this after failing treatment with two other injectibles. At 4 weeks I felt great! Like I had nothing wrong with me. Now at three months I still feel better than before but I definitely begin having pain for a couple of days before my injection. This is better than any other medication I have been on for this."
Actemra (tocilizumab) "Switched from Kineret which I was on for 9 years and it wore out, then switched to actemra & was on it for 3 months, it did nothing for me, very little relief, & 40% of my hair fell out, I'm only 20 years old & I've had JIA since 7yrs old, still trying to find a remission drug"
Actemra (tocilizumab) "After many different medicines, this medicine worked the best! Happy with results."
"Had tocilizumab intravenous monthly after 3rd month a had a grand mal seizure and diagnosed with epilepsy. I now have absence seizures, grand mal and focal seizures. I blame this medication"
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