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Reviewer: dli, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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I received Orencia IV for seven months without any improvement in my RA symptoms.
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Reviewer: NF, 19-24 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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I've been on Orencia for over a year now. It seemed to work well at first, but now the pain is getting worse and worse each day. This medication does not help with pain, unless combined with another medication (such as methotrexate) from what I've heard. The side effects of Orencia that I've noticed are: weight gain and trouble breathing (e.g., heavy breathing after walking up a few st
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Reviewer: hughgo54, 45-54 Male on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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Took Orencia IV for a little over a year and it worked good. Was diagnosed with bladder cancer 2 months ago and am waiting results of the biopsy after my treatment.I am not saying the treatments caused it but I typed in Orencia and Bladder Cancer and there is a small percent of people that have got Bladder cancer after taking the Orencia treatments.Plan on returning to Humira which was a little le
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Reviewer: 55-64 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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Large joints are better. Hands, feet not so much. Have gained about a pound a month on this drug even as I watch my diet. A cost of over 48,000 dollars a year seems excessive for the results
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Reviewer: ruey64, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I started weekly Orencia injections 3 months ago. After 6 weeks, I felt great with joint swelling and pain significantly reduced. Thought I may be going into remission. After 8 weeks of injections I experienced extreme fatigue which remains unabated. I sleep 8-9 hours every night and take 1 1/2 hour naps in the afternoons. My level of fatigue has worsened while taking Orencia but the joints f
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