Patient experiences, attitudes and expectations towards receiving information about anti-TNF medication--"It could give me two heads and I'd still try it!".

Background Anti-tumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapies are an important recent development in the treatment of autoimmune disease. Despite important side effects relating to immune suppression, there is lack of research into patient experiences, attitudes and expectations about the information they receive prior to starting anti-TNF therapy.