Does remicaide wear off?

TakillRa

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Posted 3/22/2011 2:14 PM (GMT 0)

So i am waiting out the last 2 weeks before my next dose of remi and noticing that i am starting to feel yucky again. No butt pain, but just really gassy, yucky after i eat,some d..etc. Is it posible that the remi is wear out?No joint pain though so i suppose that is good. I jus know it's going to be a loooong 2 weeks. BLAH!!!

Roni

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Posted 3/22/2011 2:58 PM (GMT 0)

I've talked with other crohnies who've said the same thing.

artist guy

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Posted 3/22/2011 3:27 PM (GMT 0)

I'll chime in, I had to ask my gi to up it from 2.5 to 5mg and from 8 to 6 weeks, because I would feel symptomatic after 6weeks.I've noticed cd arthritis is rampant in this forum. Mine is where I have old injuries, especially where I broke my left collar bone twice. When I go to use it, wow! just to lift it above my head while I'm lifting something, I can't do it without pain med's.(work that is).

ZenaWP

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Posted 3/22/2011 4:13 PM (GMT 0)

I also had to have mine moved to every 6 wks instead of 8 because I started to build up antibodies against it and it stopped working as well. But, then I ended up having bad allergic reactions to it and had to stop it anyway.

Jenn4dex

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Posted 3/22/2011 9:05 PM (GMT 0)

Yes it wears off. After being taken off of it, I had to wait about 1.5 months for it to wear off...

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Posted 3/23/2011 3:06 AM (GMT 0)

Yes, it can wear off. Some people need a higher dose of it, or to increase the frequency of it. It has now become common practice to move the infusions closer together (like every 4-6 weeks) and/or increase the dosage from 5mgs/kg to 10mgs/kg.

My husband's last remicade infusion was 10mgs/kg, instead of 5mgs/kg (every 8 weeks still), because he had a flare up while on remicade. The GI's office worked with insurance to get it approved.

Basically if you feel like you exhibit symptoms around week 6, it maybe time to either move your infusion up to every 6 weeks, or up your dosage. Consult your GI about it, and they should be able to set you up.

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