Hi My name is Fred...

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That’s good news that it’s working. Do they only approve regular doses if it’s working on you? Or even if it’s working, do you struggle to get them to fund the maintenance dose?
I go back to my derm (nhs) after the 12 week loading period and if she doesn’t think it’s working I’ll get taken off it.

As to the painful injection - I find it’s ok in the stomach area, I did it once in the thigh and it was so painful, plus I got a reaction there which was hot and swollen for days, like a bad insect bite. But I haven’t had any reaction on the stomach area.

I am not getting approved for anything. They were covering my Stelara though. While the doctor's office and my insurance duke it out, Taltz has a program that will help me get it with a very reasonable copay. I am in the process of getting that now.

My last two injections have been rash/pain/reaction free. I leave the injection out for 45 minutes to an hour then inject about 4 inches or so on either side of the belly button. The thigh was the most painful. For days I was sore. The insect bite reaction is a good way to explain it but the size of the reaction was of a softball for me. Very uncomfortable. My derm told me to take Benadryl a day before my injections and day of to see if that helped and it has.

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