NOOOooooo. I am really happy with my doc. Do you mean cuz he put me on Remi and Imuran at the same time?? Lots of docs do that. They aren't so worried about the possible sides as they are getting well "for the moment". Remember I was reeeeally bad before [wiki2="Humira"]Humira[/wiki2]/Remi.
I quit the Imuran on my own, I didn't ask. He didn't deny me the choice of stopping it, he just doesn't know. (Which apparently is a non-issue now.)
It's not HIM that won't approve the Remi - it's the insurance. I wasn't sure which part you thought I should drop my doc for. I mean - look at me now! He did SOMEthing right!
And HOLY FRIK!! I just read that Remicade is only FDA approved for ONE infusion at this time. They don't mean one infusion AT a time, they mean one infusion EVER! Are you KIDDING ME?? Sorry to yell, but that just seems crazy! Hahahahaaaa - they say that one infusion will usually last 8-12 weeks, but as much as 44 weeks. Now about if it doesn't even kick in fully until your 3rd non-FDA approved infusion??
Procyon - "Some patients with Crohn’s disease or [wiki2="Ulcerative-Colitis"]ulcerative colitis[/wiki2] who have received REMICADE have developed a rare type of cancer called Hepatosplenic T-cell Lymphoma. Most of these patients were teenage or young adult males. This type of cancer results in death. All of these patients had also received drugs known as azathioprine or 6-mercaptopurine together with REMICADE."
Not sure about Cimzia.
Check here - http://www.cimzia.com/crohnsdisease/pdf/MedicationGuide.pdf
Page 6 has the section on malignancies. It didn't mention 6mp, but I didn't read all 36 pages.
