Who here has tried humira and likes it?

Who here has tried humira and likes it? Most likely will start shots on Monday when I see my GI. I'm doing some diflucan to clear any yeast and doing a ton of probiotics.

Thanks Eva Lou, I heard enbrel might work too? It's a once a week injection. I hope my doc says I can try 6mp, but if it's going to do to me what imuran did, no way!

I prefer remicade, this way I get to complain to people about my misery for 2 hours and they get to complain to me. lol

I've been taking it for 1 1/2 years. I don't think it works as well as Remicade did--I see a lot more flutation of my symptoms than I did on Remicade--but it is certainly easier. I recently had the beginnings of a flair and am now taking it once a week, rather than once every two weeks. So far things are going pretty well. I take the shot in my stomach b/c, as someone mentioned above, it hurts less than the thigh. I also take benadryl before the injection and have had very little allergic response to it. On occasion, the injection site is a bit red and itchy, but overall I've had very few side effects that I would attribute to Humira.

Wishing you the best of luck!

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Faith,
The insurance initially rejected the weekly prescription, but it was approved after my doctor submitted a medical necessity form. Since I developed an allergy to Remicade and since I had had some bad side effects from taking steroids so many times over the last 10-15 years, he was able to make a strong case for needing Humira. While I was waiting to hear from the insurance company, I contacted the Humira Assistance Program. The woman to whom I spoke said that the assistance program would pay for the extra two shots a month if my insurance didn't cover it! I'm not sure if that information is accurate, but it's something to consider if you ever want to move to once-a-week shots and your insurance won't cover it.
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