Cimzia was great for 2 months; now...please help

[Sir Peaches]

I'm gonna keep it short and sweet. I was diagnosed at 4 with Crohn's. I am 23 now and have been on prednisone 6 mp in past. I've never had resection or obstruction. I started cimzia 2 months ago; it was basically all great (except day or two before getting next dose of shot I'd generally feel some pain and heartburn, nothing too bad). now after being 2 months in I just had my last shot 3-4 days ago. usually I feel almost immediate relief from cimzia. although this time 1 week before I got my next shot (3-4days ago) I started to feel pains again getting worst everyday. here I am now a few days AFTER shot and I wake up feeling fine; then get diarrhea which has no pain or blood (about 3 times)and then I eat. throughout my day I progressively get worst. I also don't go to the bathroom at all till morning again....now sometimes I will get solid stool in the morning but it's usually followed by more diarrheah after about 30 min. I also get decently bad heartburn and somewhat burning in the stomach which is fixed immediately by Zantac. I thought it was gas as it's hard for me to pass recently except at night where all hell breaks loose and I release a lot. I generally do feel better after gas passes. to make it clear symptoms do worsten after noon till about 10pm. I know it's a lot to read but someone please help me! I go to see doctor on Tuesday (in 3 days) please help!

 

[Sir Peaches]

my thoughts are that it's trapt intestinal gas...also if I lay down and turn from side to side or stomach to back I can almost feel the pain moving....my thoughts were it's trapt and is being moved/pushed around...it just feels as if that's what it is so I had papaya and other things like peppermint tea today and it hasn't really helped...although I did feel a bit less bloated after papaya. sorry for long post

 

[theOcean]

Have you let your GI know yet? They may increase the frequency of your injections... I think it would be a good idea to get tested for antibodies if possible to see if it's effective for you anymore or not. Otherwise you may have to consider another biologic.

 

[Sir Peaches]

thanks for the response; after thinking the only thing I've changed in my diet is stopping keifer probiotic milk...I just had a glass before bed and will have another in the am...I have a feeling it will help! you saying antibodies made me remember; very interesting...please keep the responses coming; thank you