Anyone on Remicade every 4 weeks?

[my little penguin]

DS just started loading dose of Remicade. He has had two infusions so far.
He has a Rheumo and a GI following his Crohn's.
Our load loading dose is 4 weeks out.
Rheumo then wants him on every 4 weeks infusions until he is at baseline for a while then slowly move out as needed.:eek2:
His theory is you want to get things under control quickly then let the body heal and keep it under control before you try to "see" if you can stretch the time limit.
He said the 8 weeks is just the maximum time you can go between doses that this is not really a one size fits all disease and neither should be the dosing of Remicade.
He is going to "Talk" things over with the GI.

So has anyone else ever started at 4 week intervals after the loading dose???

 

[David]

I'm sorry you haven't received a response until now. This is a free bump and to confirm that I have read that people can receive Remicade at 4 week intervals. Any more often than that is not recommended from what I have read.