Quote: "I was taken off the Enbrel because they thought the skin condition was an infection. It took them a year to diagnose the PG, during this time I have been reluctant to consider going back on TNF drugs because I felt the PG could have been a side effect of them, but the doctors refuse to even consider this as a possibility."

IF you went back on the Enbrel and the same thing happened...then...side effects. It could very possibly BE a side effect to taking the Enbrel, medics don't know everythng and everyone reacts differently to drugs, and 'some' with really nasty side effects. You might be the only person to EVER throw such a side effect but it should not be dismissed out of hand! Unfortunately, to so determine, you'd need to go back on it...

Trying to remember a case last year where a patient had a horrific reaction to 'a' drug, and she has been one of only 3 cases world wide 'ever' to have such a reaction, had the doctors puzzled for months. And it was a family member who pin-pointed the fact!

And, just been speaking to my brother in Canada. His wife was in hospital with cancer. She threw a mighty reaction, and a rare reaction, to one of the drugs she was on! One that threw her lungs into a spin, took the medics two months to sort out the cause - and that was? Over medicated! Ho-Hum. But, 'who' suggested this as the cause? My brother! The hospital asked him if he'd be prepared to enter on the case conference... (He's a scientist). But he demurred.

So, never take anything at face value.

Good luck with your own case conference - positive thoughts for Thursday.

Molly C (Brit ex-pat France)
Keeping on Keeping on (you bet!)

MollyC1i - Riding OutAS