Weight gain due to humira?

Okay so I know this has been addressed before. And I have been reading and see different responses. So I wanted to ask on my own with my case. Okay I started humira in October 2010 I gained about 20 pounds in 2 months by eating the same i was eating before. I had asked the doctor about it and he said it doesn't cause weight gain. I did not gain anymore weight after that. So I didn't worry about it. about a year later, I had to go up in dose to once every 10 days instead of every 14 days. about a month later I gain another 10 pounds. After almost a year of not gaining any weight. The same thing happens again. It stops at 10 extra pounds until recently where I had to go up on dose to once every week. I now gained another 10 pounds about a month and a half after started this new dose. It's so aggravating! I exercise and eat very little due to the fact that i feel full all the time and I keep gaining weight and it's practically impossible to lose! Of course I prefer to be 40 pounds heavier than be flaring every day but I hate that I have to pick! That's it for my rant:( have any of you experienced this?

I didn't start gaining weight until almost a year on Humira - but that could be because I ws taking care of my very sick dad. After 1 1/2 years on Humira, I had gained 6 lbs, which for a shorty like me is a pants size. I've been able to eat more and no longer look anorexic. I've started exercising again (hadn't since the last resection) and hope to lose the muffin top that I've acquired on Humira. Yes, being somewhat healthy is the goal, not vanity, but it is so frustrating to buy one size clothes, only to have to replace them a year later. I literally have 5 different sizes of clothes that I won't get rid of because if I have a flare and end up on Predinsone, I'll need the bigger clothes. If I didn't work full time I wouldn't care, but I need to be dressed "business casual" everyday.
Lovely985 - maybe you should just enjoy the fact that you can eat for now, because with this disease, you never know when you won't be able to, and then you will wish for the days when you were a little overweight, but feeling well. IBD is a roller-coaster of emotions over the years. Enjoy the highs and they will get you through the lows.

Could it possibly be the healing effect in the mucosa increasing the absorbtion efficiency off our bowels?

Make some sense for me.

Great. My dr just mentioned putting me on Humira. I do NOT want to gain any weight! I am at a "healthy" weight now.

I have been taking humira for 2 years now. I have anylosing spondilitis. The drug works amazing on all of my medical issues, back pain hip pain Iritis works GREAT BUT I have progressivly gained 30 pounds in the time I started using it. I give myself a shot every 2 weeks 40 ml in the stomach. My doctor also said there is no study about weight gain and Humira .. uuggh  I eat the same as I always have. I do not exercize or eat "right" but I haven't done that for 40 years so I guess NOW I must " get healthy" I can eat exactly the same as my husband and he loses the weight and I do not. hhhmmfff.

Hi, this is an older post but I still feel the medicine has caused me to gain weight. I haven't gone off of it so I couldn't tell you for sure. I just feel like a different person after gaining all that weight. I still eat very little and exercise as much as I can when not flaring which I now am so no exercise now. But still no weight loss.

I agree with DJin - It's the healing effect in the mucosa increasing the absorbtion of nutrients that is causing your gain. I gained 15 lbs after I started Humira 1 year ego and I am ok with it - 15 lbs is a small price to pay for not have to run to the restroom 15 times per day with blood and mucous and being so tired all the time.