Posted 9/27/2012 2:23 PM (GMT 0)
As pink said it's another variation of a biologic. It's more like Humira than Remicade though. Injected at home with plunger syringes in either your stomach or thigh. It is not technically approved for UC but is for Crohn's so if you follow proper protocol your insurance company will cover Cimizia for UC but usually you have to prove things like Remicade and Humira did not work first before they'llcover the Cimzia. I currently am on Cimzia as Remicade eventually wore off and Humira failed me so now we're seeing if Cimzia will work though I have my doubts since it's so close to being the same as Humira but you never know maybe the variation is what I need, just finished my "loading dose" a few days ago now we wait, supposedly Cimzia is a longer term cumulative effect drug according to my doc so he said it may take several months to see the results.