I'm doing very well in Humira. No abdominal pain, no food sensitivities!
I feel very fortunate but since anti TNF is associated with infections and cancer, I'm thinking that it makes sense to titrate the dose to the point that it keeps the inflammation down but no more than that. I'm continuing on all my low risk medications that helped me avoid bad symptoms for over 15 years since my surgery. My doctor said that I must take c reactive protein and calprotectin and colonoscopy more often if I want to reduce the dosage of Humira. Has anyone else done this? From my googling, it looks like people in Europe might be more familiar with this approach. I'm in the States so I feel like a bad patient. My doctor says I'm a good patient as long as I keep doing well on something.
I feel very fortunate but since anti TNF is associated with infections and cancer, I'm thinking that it makes sense to titrate the dose to the point that it keeps the inflammation down but no more than that. I'm continuing on all my low risk medications that helped me avoid bad symptoms for over 15 years since my surgery. My doctor said that I must take c reactive protein and calprotectin and colonoscopy more often if I want to reduce the dosage of Humira. Has anyone else done this? From my googling, it looks like people in Europe might be more familiar with this approach. I'm in the States so I feel like a bad patient. My doctor says I'm a good patient as long as I keep doing well on something.