Any Xeljanz success stories?

I hear a lot about this med working for only a few months. Anyone have a success story with Xeljanz? How were the side effects? I find this med's side effect profile terrifying and am scared to try it. What labwork did your doctor have you do prior to starting and while on this medication? My GI mentioned getting a cholesterol panel done at baseline. How often do you have to have it checked thereafter? Anything else? Thank you.

No more accidents. No more adult diapers. It gave me my life back. As a bonus it cleared my 40 year long skin problem.--- I had one short term ibd- like episode that was cleared up by adding hydrocortisone retention ememas for a short time.--- Bloodwork every 3-4 months. Next one June 1st.

i had very late effect after half year i had to take steroid (10 mg) and then half a year i had to started to decrease it.
every 2nd month i need to check my blood.

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Hugo18 said...
It has worked for a long time for many people. For me it worked perfectly for 18 months then I had a loss of response. It is an excellent drug that has a very fast reaction time.

I did not hear about anybody till now who said that xeljanz stopped to work.
It is also happen? i thought that it only can happen bioology medicine like entivio etc.

I've heard it from many people on another online forum that it worked for a few months and then stopped. Any of our meds can stop working over time, unfortunately.

That stinks. Good luck with the Stelara. Part of me just wants surgery. I'm sick of all of this.

That's awesome! It's amazing to hear how fast it works for some people. I'll be interested to see what my cholesterol does on it since I'm vegan and don't get any cholesterol in my diet (not sure if that matters).

That's great to hear, limey! I'm still waiting on pre-approval and also my GI is making me get another scope before he will let me switch. I'm waiting on them to let me schedule the scope so I can move on. So frustrating. :/