NEED HUMIRA ADVICE... 22 Female in Tons of Pain

[TrulyBlessed]

Hi My name is Randi Benavides. I recently DECEMBER OF 2012 became aware that Remicade Was deemed ineffective for me. I got a good 13 years out of the infusions and now my body decided to reject the medicine. I got admitted to the hospital on may 6th and discharged on may 15th because I had a really bad flare up with my crohns disease as well as a c diff infection that had been in my body for so long that it became a serious problem. I just last Thursday started my humira injections and am wondering how long before I start to noticie results if any??? im on a pain management regimen right now due to my disease acting up from not having any gi maintenance from December until may but I wanna believe that this humira is working.. im still in a great amount of pain..

appendectomy @ 5 months pregnant' November 2009
Csection December 2009.. ( Healthy Baby Boy 3 lbs 11 oz)
Colon Resection January 2009 (1 ft of small intestine Removed)

Any advice about this medicine would be greatly appreciated

TrulyBlessed

 

[purdueCrohns]

It is similar to Remicade as it varies for every patient. Some can respond in as little as a day or two, others take a few injections or more to respond.

 

[Jennifer]

With Humira I noticed a change within 2 weeks. For others it can take a few months. Feel free to check out the Humira subforum and join the Humira support group and talk to others who are currently taking Humira: http://www.crohnsforum.com/showthread.php?t=6500. I hope it works for you soon. Keep us posted on how you're doing.

 

[nogutsnoglory]

You may notice changes relatively quickly but the 3 month mark is a good time to run blood tests to see if your inflammatory markers went down.