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    Remicade Club Support Group

    I started on 5mg. but it wasn't quite right and by the seventh week I was getting symptoms. My G.I. changed it to 10mg/kg every six weeks and it has been good ever since.
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    Remicade Club Support Group

    Stephanie, I doubt he is ready to give up on you. Maybe a simple dosage adjustment is in order. keep the faith.
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    Remicade Club Support Group

    I just had one of my personal favourites yesterday, a colonoscopy :lol2: . The results were great with no signs of Crohn's whatsoever and the fistulas have disappeared too. The Remi is definitely working for me.
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    Remicade Club Support Group

    I've been lucky to date and have good veins that are prominent and don't roll away. One thing that is a good idea is to drink an extra glass or two of water the night before infusion to ensure hydration which does help make the veins easier to find and as we know only too well dehydrarion can be...
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    Remicade Club Support Group

    I've posted this elsewhere on this site but thought I would post it here too so that others that are wondering or worried about starting Remicade might see my experience: I was diagnosed in 1993 with Crohn's. I had a colon resection in 1994. Another in 2000. I was on Cipro and Flagyl with...
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    My success story

    I was diagnosed in 1993 with Crohn's. I had a colon resection in 1994. Another in 2000. I was on Cipro and Flagyl with minimum syptoms until 2006 when I had serious flare ups and started getting perianal fistulas. The fistulas got worse and increased in number. After a half dozen surgeries to...
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    Remicade Club Support Group

    Hello everybody. This is my first post. I've been on Remicade for approximately 6 years and it has worked great for me. Before Remicade I had multiple surgeries and was in the type of agony that many of you know too well. A couple of resections and several for fistulas followed by an ileostomy...
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