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Hi guys,
Not posted in a while, I was diagnosed a few years ago now and was put on infliximab and worked like a dream for a while, but my GI doc said I was building anti bodies to it, and had to stop me.
I was in remission at the time, but I assume as it wore off after treatment stopped I got back into a flare up, and recently had quite a bad flare (currently lost a stone in weight) so decided to call the IBD nurse.
GI Doc has given me now options of Humira or Vedolizumab, and has already started me back on a course of prednisolone which is helping, I have also completely flipped my diet again to my safe foods while I am flaring, taking some supplements like tumeric, adcal and some vitamins... slowly testing some pro biotics too.
Currently I am not in any real pain, not going to the toilet much but still getting a loose stool when I do. I have only been on the pred a few days but I assume that's why I'm feeling better... but did start to feel a bit better with my diet change and tumeric i think helped a bit to make me feel better even before starting on the pred a few days ago.
I'm not sure what I should do in terms of treatment, I am thinking the Humira could be the best option, but I am worried of also building up antibodies to it, are there ways to help prevent that from happening? Would a combination therepy help improve that? My doc has not suggested anything like that mind. I did try 6mp when i first was diagnosed but I think it did not work well I guess that is why they put me on the infliximab.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Not posted in a while, I was diagnosed a few years ago now and was put on infliximab and worked like a dream for a while, but my GI doc said I was building anti bodies to it, and had to stop me.
I was in remission at the time, but I assume as it wore off after treatment stopped I got back into a flare up, and recently had quite a bad flare (currently lost a stone in weight) so decided to call the IBD nurse.
GI Doc has given me now options of Humira or Vedolizumab, and has already started me back on a course of prednisolone which is helping, I have also completely flipped my diet again to my safe foods while I am flaring, taking some supplements like tumeric, adcal and some vitamins... slowly testing some pro biotics too.
Currently I am not in any real pain, not going to the toilet much but still getting a loose stool when I do. I have only been on the pred a few days but I assume that's why I'm feeling better... but did start to feel a bit better with my diet change and tumeric i think helped a bit to make me feel better even before starting on the pred a few days ago.
I'm not sure what I should do in terms of treatment, I am thinking the Humira could be the best option, but I am worried of also building up antibodies to it, are there ways to help prevent that from happening? Would a combination therepy help improve that? My doc has not suggested anything like that mind. I did try 6mp when i first was diagnosed but I think it did not work well I guess that is why they put me on the infliximab.
Any advice would be appreciated.
