Humira every week vs Humira every other week w/Imuran

[BayAreaChronie]

Hey forum,
Currently I am on Humira every other week.
The GI Doc is requested I have surgery to remove some scarring and would like that right after I go stronger with the meds for additional prevention.
Being a 26 year old guy, I fall into that fun bracket of added risks.
With that said, I know the percentage of the humira with imuran. But I have not seen anything on the risks/benefits of humira every week.
Another option is to go both humira every week AND the imuran. This terrifies me as I see no research on this at all and it seems my immune system would be super compromised.

Anyone taking humira every week no imuran or humira every week with imuran and care to share the talks you had before being medicated?

Thanks,

 

[PsychoJane]

I had to go with the weekly humira option prior to surgery as the medication was failing with the two week regimen. Unfortunately, it did not solve my problem. I did introduce methotrexate for a short while along with the weekly humira but in my case, it did not allowed me to reach a better condition.

Are you aware if your problem is related to the formation of Humira's antibodies?

 

[BayAreaChronie]

They did test me and said that I am taking in an adequate amount of the Humira right now.
But yes this is the case, they would like me to take humira every week before surgery and then after surgery they want me to either stick to humira every week or humira and imuran (and maybe humira every week with imuran as well).

Just seems like a real push with the meds. I know its better to go with meds than none, and I did have that heavy look before i took humira. But just dont see much talk and research with humira every week as well and how that compares with humira and imuran (or another drug).