Just seen this thread, it was me who posted about inflectra. I was put on that rather than remicade purely for cost reasons. I can only speak from my personal experience of course but it's worked...
I chose cyclosporine over surgery about a year ago. It did mean that I managed to get away without surgery but the side effects were really rough! I started it in hospital to try and keep my symptoms...
Before I started the infusions I was going to the toilet probably 8-10 times a day with urgency, mucus and occasional blood, and was in a lot of pain most of the time. I'd also tried cyclosporine...
Seeing as you're in the UK you could consider asking for Inflectra instead of Remicade (essentially the same thing, just the biosimilar version of Infliximab). I'm also in the UK and the hospital I...
I take both together with no problems :smile:...
I've had success with both anti-depressants and therapy (CBT) now for bouts of depression (not at the same time) and completely understand why people may be reluctant to use prescription meds. For my...
I have problems with depression and anxiety because of UC, and completely get what you mean about feeling like all you've got to look forward to is another day of meds! I decided to start CBT...
Are you able to get hold of/use the liquid Salofalk enemas instead? I've also used the foam ones before and had the same problem with the canister size. I found the liquid ones much easier to use,...
Have you had your TB test repeated? I had the same problem before I started inflectra (biosimilar version of remicade), my first TB test came back inconclusive so they couldn't start it straight...
I thought they'd probably work roughly the same, just wasn't too sure! And yes, it's not been available in the UK (where I'm based) for very long so you're probably right when you say that not a lot...
Hi, I had my first inflectra (infliximab) infusion last week and was just wondering if anyone else has had this as a treatment for UC? I've seen a few threads on people's experiences of remicade but...