Only been on Remicade, since January 23rd of this year. Mine takes about 2.75 hours, I only get the Remicade at a set pace, then saline drip for about 15 minutes, and I'm all done in just under 3 hours. I wouldn't call it a miracle drug by any means for me, as I'm still in the flare I've had since August of last year. I still have the suspicion that flagyl/cipro that I was put on in October had better results on me, better than pred and better than the remicade. The only thing is I see more of a difference from Remicade than anything else I've tried besides the antibiotics. The problem is that the dr. likes Remicade and says it's levels above the antibiotics, so it's counterintuitive to revert to a "lesser" treatment like Flagyl or Cipro at this stage. If I don't get results from Remicade soon though I'm thinking they'll need to look elsewhere, perhaps I'm in that 1/3 of patients who it just doesn't do what it should (of course my doc says though, that everyone is different and I'm expecting too much too fast, I'm just envious of all the Crohns patients like KatieSue above who see night and day results, I've had over 3 months of Remicade and still flaring, just to a lesser degree). I just watch some UMD's or play my PSP while doing it...
I noticed no sides I could attribute to the Remicade, they have me on a bajillion different changes, so who knows. I was never given any Benedryl, just watched for reactions. Also had to have the Tuberculosis test prior to the first infusion, which obviously came up fine.