Experiences with side effects after Remicade infusion?

I am interested in learning what some of the members experience after the infusions. Do you have anything right away, or does it start later in the week? wjat are the side effects that you have, and how do you deal with them? Does anyone feel wonderful the day of and the day after remicade, and then go back to a less wonderful baseline?
Thanks

I usually get REALLY tired after my infusion but after I sleep it off I feel comepletely fine!

Well I used to take it and only feel tired afterwards and have constipation and no other problems, then they raised the dose cause I was still having bloody stool... then I got similar side effects to what you're saying and the doctors told me it wasn't from the Remicade because it was too long after the infusion to be a reaction... I don't think that the doctors are well informed about the side effects of Remicade since these 2 doctors prescribed it to a lot of people yet they made me think I was crazy. The side effects I started having were bladder/pelvic pain (I took 5 urine tests all negative and even got a Laparoscopy to check for Endometriosis the pain was so bad), I had joint pain in my hands, knees and eventually almost everywhere, severe charley horse cramps in my calves, neck pain so bad I couldnt move... The reaction seemed to start about 7 days after the infusion for me. Now I am off Remicade since December 2007 and I have none of those problems, but I am having a bad flare-up of my UC, very bad flare-up. But I can't go through that pain again from the Remicade. I was told I could try it again by taking Prednisone the week of the infusion. I never got the antibody test but I think you should get it. It sounds like you may have antibodies against the Remicade.

I've been doing it since August and so far have had on real side effects except maybe getting tired during. Typically afterwards I go straight to the gym and lift weights .

I just had an infusion yesterday, the infusion went as well as expected. I have a long drive to the infusion site so my wife drove us home, I was sleepy so I went to lay down about six pm. I woke this morning 1:30 pm so I slept a long time, I feel weak, but yes the remicaid helps me I feel like my whole body has become relaxed like it is saying ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. my swollen abdomen is gone and the bleeding from my bottom has also stopped. Yes I do get bad headaches today and for a few days, but I think it's a small price to pay for releif, that my experiance.

I have been getting Remicade infusions since 8/05.  I get them every 6 weeks.  I am tired after my infusion, but I attribute most of it to the Benadryl I am premedicated with.  I often suffer from night sweats, aches and pains, and sometimes fevers a couple weeks before I get it, which I believe to be Crohn's trying to flare up. 

It took a while with adjusting doses etc... for it even to work. When it did, it was great. I used to sleep it off and have a bit of a sore throat. Other than that fine. After several years, I started to get a flushed face during infusion and Remicade finally recently quit working. Now I am forced to try Humira. I can only pray it worked as well as Humira did for me. Good luck!

The side effect that I'd feel is being very tired afterwards. I'd typically take a nap that afternoon, then feel better. During this winter, I've had a lot of colds (or maybe just one long, prolonged cold). I've thought that may be a result of lowered resistance to infection, but blood work has always come back OK. The main thing for me is that the Remi helped alleviate my CD symptoms.

i wasjust pouring threw my records. my last in fusion i was amased to find out that my vitals were not recorded.as in the fact that my temp sky rockeded to 104.6 then dropped to 85.6 but none of this showed in my records. my vitals did not get recorded. the remicaid got stopped but my vitals were not recorded. theres a lot of information missing in that report.