Waiting for Remicade magic...

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So I started on remicade on Monday so 5 days ago, while in hospital on IV Steriods. On Monday they also switched me to 40mg of Pred. However, every day I am still really struggling with D and very bad cramps. was wondering how long till people saw any improvement? And what were the first signs?

It seems pretty unusual to have such bad symptoms on such a high dose of Pred and the Remicade..

Thanks
 
Unfortunately i personally never experienced results from remicade. What i can tell you is that when i did start humira I almost immediately felt results, definitely within the first week. The first sign i experiences was a drastic reduction of my bloating.

Just like i have very mixed results, so do other people. It is important to note that everyone reacts to these medications differently so it is a hard question to answer. However i would guess that 5 days isn't long enough to see substantial differences. Some people say it takes weeks, some months. It just all depends.

Hope that helped a lil..

Feel better!

Gianni
 
it took about 5-6 infusions before I felt like i was back to normal. Still have bad days but they are few and far between.
 
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