How long until you see results with Remicade?

It worked immediately for me.

It took about a week after the first infusion for me to start to feel better, I got worse a few days after and had a scan that showed my bowel very dialated and my CPR had risen. Two days after that a scan showed my bowel looking much better and CPR was down. I did feel much better very suddenly, though I was also on a whole host of vitamins/minerals too as I had been very ill - hospitalised for over 3 weeks.

The information I was given from the National Association for Colitis and Chrons disease (http://www.nacc.org.uk/downloads/factsheets/drugInfliximab.pdf) was that you can expect to feel better between 2-6 weeks of your first infusion, presumably if you have had 2 infusions it has only been a couple of weeks since you started?

I will just be having the 3 infusions (like a loading dose, IV steroids didn't work to control the flare up I had/am in, I think I'm then onto trying azathioprine, will find out on Friday what the plan is.) My symptoms are mainly under control now, though I'm still getting twinges in my left abdomen and some burning sensations at times but not bad enough for pain killers. I also have a few nasty side effects from the steroids to contend with. Try not to worry too much, though if you are getting worse you should probably contact your consultant/doctor for advice. I tried to 'ride it out' which is why I ended up as ill as I did so don't do that! All the best.

It took me about three infusions for it to help my symptoms. I started remicade in july of 09 and I was off the pred by nov of 09. I had a colonoscopy in march of 2010 and it showed that the remicade isn't healing my colon but it is helping my symptoms. I had a blood test done in june that showed I wasn't metabloizing the remicade right so they upped me to 7.5 my last infusion. The doctor told me that they will keep me on the remicade for a little while longer but if it don't heal my colon than I will have to go off it because of the colon cancer risk. Since my last infusion I haven't been doing to well, the last week or so I have been going to the bathroom over 10 times a day and feeling worn  down. Hoping I have a stomach bug or something. I would give it alittle while to see if I were you because we are at the top of the line for medication. I hope this works for you.

Humira worked right away for me-literally within a day. But Remicade did not. I did do a little better after the first transfusion, but it wasn't until after the 3rd transfusion that I really felt a lot better. And it was more like 4 or 5 until I felt like things were really going well. I wasn't able to start tapering the pred until about 7 weeks in, which was after the 3rd transfusion for me.

Hang in there-it works differently for everyone, so don't give up yet!

about 3-4 infusions until it took hold for me.  I went from over 40 BMs a day, stopping multiple time on the way to work (sometimes not making it!), to 0-1 times a day.  I'm hoping for a long and stress free remission.  It's been a year and a half so far.