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Hi, I took my Humira loading dose about 10 days ago. This weekend I sat out a bit to try to get a little sun so as to increase my vitamin D levels. I was shocked when I noticed the sunburn I got as a result of my short sunbathing, sunburn with white bumps. I know how much sun I got, and it...

Chef, it's interesting to me that your doc put you on pred AND upped your Humira. Usually it seems that doc's like to try one thing at a time to gauge the effect. Have you noticed improvement? I know that upping the dosage regimen to weekly is a typical strategy when Humira's benefits seem to...

Thanks for clarifying the Cimzia regimen, I was apparently mistaken. I wonder if the medical establishment is aware of the wearing-off effect of these meds as the re-dose day draws near. Maybe the regimen needs to be made a little more aggressive. Or, since folks on Humira get the same amount...

The short half life relative to remicade is one of the main reasons I chose Humira over Remicade; I didn't want to suffer too long if I had an allergic reaction. I have adverse reactions to so many meds it's not even funny. noguts, what sort of experience did you have in terms of allergic...

Hi, I just loaded up on Humira yesterday at my dr's office. It was really easy with the pens and I anticipate the pens should be easy. Last night I had some anxiety with heart palpitations and it got me to wondering whether it could be due to taking pred with Humira. I'm currently on 10mg...

I got mine tested again recently with the same results at 20 compared to a year ago. My supplmementing has obviously been subpar. I read a study recently which showed that supplementing at 2k was insufficient to move the needle and should be more like 5k/day. I just ordered the D3plus. It's...

This is interesting to be sure. But I wonder how this would compare to say, somebody who simply raises their own chickens for their own consumption, as people have done for a long time and as people do in developing nations more than in developed nations. How much bacteria/feces, etc. results...

This is an awesome research report kiny, I've really found this enjoyable & enlightening. I really like how the authors demonstrated that only severe inflammation causes dysbiosis with the way they structured their tests, using a moderately-inflammatory invader, a maximally-inflammatory...

I asked some follow-up questions of Gigi, and they were answered by Hal Gunn: 1) Can you say what particular strain of E. Coli is used in the vaccine? I've heard there are a number of varieties of E. Coli, such as adherant-invasive and many types that go by alpha-numeric labels. The specific...

I had some correspondence with Qu as well. Here is some of it. Gigi inquired with me about my insurance coverage. I told her I was covered for emergencies while in Canada. Her response: Yes, you are correct. If an unwanted reaction occurs and causes the participant to seek for extra medical...

Just wondering whether anyone has ever tried or knows about Seacure? It's hydrolized white fish fillets. I don't recall where I first read about it, but I think I read one research study where it was used to good effect. Anyhow, I just bought a bottle from Amazon and started it today. It's...

Kev, you're not enlightening. And yes I had good reason to start at 1.5mg rather than 4.5mg, just as countless other patients do; it's a very commonplace practice. And whether my actions make sense or "make no sense" in your eyes is of no concern to me. 'Nuff said here. More than enough...

..a little snippet from paragraphs 2 & 3 of the "Discussion" section of the latest research article that kiny posted, discussing therapeutic info. about supplementing these amino's in settings of inflammation.... "These observations suggest that the decreased plasma His and Trp in IBD patients...

You're a real sleuth kiny! Now is the metabolic alteration a cause or effect? And can the deficient plasma level(s) be rectified? I wonder if this is why elemental/total parental diet is often helpful.

Thanks Dan. I have no pain in my joints. When the pain was at its worst, it seemed like something wrong with tendons & ligaments, and hence I visited hand specialists and then a tendon/ligament specialist who told me my tendons/ligaments looked superb on whatever imaging they did. Eventually...

It holds up just fine with me. I ought to know, as I've charted this thing for a couple of years. It doesn't get any more straightforward frankly. If you don't want to buy into it, then don't. But I'm in a much better position to judge the cause and effect than you are. And I'm not...

Thanks Xiaofa. Sorry I messed up a bit on the terminology (digestive proteases, etc.) -not my specialty. So I'm still curious about your animal proposal. Any particular kind of animal? Would you have a means of measuring/correlating the deconjugation, the inactivation of proteases, and...

Having read many research reports over the years, I've read little that speaks to the question of why CD tends to occur so frequently at the terminal ileum. Having spent the last few years sleeping on my left side due to severe GERD (look at the shape of the curvature of the stomach/ GE valve...

It's not the "key" to the origination of this problem, but it's clearly the key to the recent flare of this problem which was 80% ameliorated before taking LDN, and then the next day was 80% NOT ameliorated after the first dose. There is simply no question as to the correlation and causality of...