humira

Our son just had his second injection, and the only thing he has mentioned is that he's sneezing a lot.

Thanks for the information about the epi-pen, I wondered about it, but I have been using the syringe and found it doesnt hurt, just the sting from the Humira going in, last for a minute and then it is over.  I even left it out half hour but maybe not long enough.  Feels like a bee sting and done.  I just wondered if it had to be done on the stomach or if you can avoid it and just do the legs. 

I just had my shot Friday and the last two weeks, was the first time from one shot to other, no pain, still have the Big D but not near as much.  Still have a cipro and Flagyl one, every other day.  How long have you had your Humira shots?

I'm glad it's working for you. I have plenty of blubber! lol I get a welt and bad bruise and it stings likea a dickens.

I've been on the epi-pens for two months (not including my first 4 injections) and I have to say it has not gotten easier to self inject. I have tried the stomach and the thighs and I leave the pen out for 30 minutes to an hour and ice the area for 30 minutes and it still is really bothersome when I inject. Not to mention that I get apprehensive with the pen and that darn little snap it makes as it starts releasing the med. really gets to me. My sis is going to start helping out with it. I want to stick to the legs but I have always had very large thighs due to the fact that I was very active in volleyball and basketball and it is hard to pinch anything. Even though I am not active anymore my thighs are still a little bit tight and hard to pinch.

BTW my symptoms including the BIG D have all but disappeared. I thought I was going down hill the last week since I started with the diarhea, nausea, arthritis again something feirce but it turne dout I had a nasty infection that came to head when I got a nasty abscess on my thigh. I went to see my PCP and they at first thought it was a boil but it turned out to be some sort of abscess that started oozing gunk which turned out to be some nasty bacteria from your GI system. I forgot the name, it started with a p...... Anyways, I got on antibiotics, was bed ridden for about 10 days, lost 15 lbs and was on the verge of getting hospitalized but then the antibiotics kicked in. These last few days I have felt like a million bucks!!!

Hey Penny

Since starting in Nov. I had only 1 bad reaction. After the loading doses, I came down with Shingles. I went to the doc right away, was given a script for Valtrex and pain meds. I had to skip one humira shot and shingles went away in a few weeks. Not had any reactions like that since. I do get headaches several times a week.

My doctor switched me to weekly humira injections now. Tom. night will be my 4th in a row. I feel great ever since we switched to the weekly shots. My bm have been fairly steady, about 3 to 4 times a day. Which is kind of amazing, before humira(oct) I was going around 10 - 15 times a day, depending on how badly I was flaring. The big D has been few and far in between.

I still have a few bad days, definetly not in remission but overall its a big improvement. I even have joined the gym and started working out but been very careful when doing any stomach excercises and no treadmill, stick with the bike.

As for the bi-weekly shots, I felt good the first week that I took the shot. However the 2nd off /week, I kind of felt like it lost effectiveness and my symptoms increased leading up to the next shot.

I'm on my wife's insurance plan -- Aetna. It took a few weeks but really did not have a problem getting approved.

I also take Cipro daily.

If humira does not work for u right away, don't give up too soon. It really took me to about the 4th month of the bi-weeky for me to see results and then switching weekly greatly improved that.

I never tried Remicade.

Good luck.

I started Humura April 2007 and develped Shingles March 2008.  The shingles were located on my inner thigh.  Literature reports that only 4% of patients have developed shingles while using this medicine.  The reason being, it lowers your already low immune system.  The last shingle lesion that I had became absessed, developed cellulitis, and was found to have MRSA.  This was quite an ordeal.  about two months previously, I had just had a 7mm kidney stone blasted with stints placed.  Anyways, my gynocologist and gastro advised me to stay off the Humira until the absessed healed.  The absess is gone but I do not want to go back on Humira.  I am scared of developing other serious side-effects from these designer drugs that hit the market fast.  I have been off of Humira now for 2 months and my D is getting worse as well as my Fatigue and Pain.  There are no other meds left for me because Remicade became a drug failure.   I asked my GI doc, so if I am in the 4% who gets shingles, then who can say that my immune system is not weaken and place me in the 2 fold count that gets lymphomas from Humira.  Guess, His response... I cannot answer that.  I have been diagnosed with IC as well this year (common in crohns).  I just don't know what to do.  I am going to talk to a naturopathic. 

Hi guys, I have been off Humira for 2 months. I stopped taking it for a while, not really sure why.
I had a terrible chest infection and was feeling really fatigued. I've had fatigue issues since I started on it.
I spoke to my GI doc about this and they keep fobbing me off and saying it's not a known sife effect.
Anyway, my question is, can I just re-start humira now? Or should I go back to my docs, come clean and see what they say?