A 58-year-old female asked:
my ra doc wants me to take enbrel/ humira (adalimumab). very afraid of the side effects & i'm already blind in 1 eye. what else can i take instead?
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Dr. John Chiu answered
57 years experience Allergy and Immunology
Talk to RA doctor: These are issues which need be discussed with your RA doctor. In medicine, most decisions made are based on risk/benefit ratio and without knowing that, it is impossible to provide you with an answer in this type of interaction.
Answered on Apr 25, 2015
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