humira reviews for crohn's

Well, I personally would never want to do the surgery unless it was an absolute last resort. (I too have Crohn's and have been diagnosed for two and a half years. I am also on Humira and it took a few months for it to work, but it works REALLY well for me now.) Having any surgery on your bowels is a very very difficult surgery. It will take a lot of time for your abdominal muscles to heal and for your intestines to heal.

My son (12 yrs old) has was on Remicade for about a year and then we moved on to Humira. Neither were able to control his Crohn's, BUT he did not suffer any of the "worst case" side effects either. They were both good at controlling his pain and clinically he looked really good. Crohn's has been a very sneaky adversary for us...difficult to identify, find and control. We are looking at Tysabri now. I wish you much success!

The TNF Blockers work really well for the reactive arthritis related to my Crohn's Disease [Crohn's Colitis]. However, I have found that to varying degrees Remicade and Humira give me the following side effects. I am trying to find out if these are normal side effects and if anyone has found a way to manage them. Physical therapy is not giving me enough relief at this point.

I suggest talking more about the humira, for me being on humira was life changing back to where I was before I was diagnosed.

This is first time something like that has happened to me since I had 3 prior surgeries. The only difference is that I am taking Humira for past 5 months and was told not to take the injection before surgery. Now I cannot get straight answers from Dr's on how this inflammation formed so quickly after surgery.

My daughter-in-law has been on Humira for her Crohn's now for about 6 mos., and is doing very well on it. Today she talked to her Dr., as her and my son are wanting to get pregnant, and the Dr. had told her that if she were to get pregnant, she should stay on the Humira during the entire pregnancy. Has anyone else been on Humira while pregnant, and if so, any complications with yourself or the baby? Thanks!

Was recently hospitalized for crohn's flare for 4 days. Given cipro and flagyl via IV and steroid shots via IV. A week later home taking cipro and prednizone orally. Many side effects? Feel worse now than before? What are the best meds to quiet the inflamation and stomach swelling? This is all new to me and feeling overwhelmed. What about anit-anxiety meds, depression? Help!

I have had Crohn's for 40 yrs; 30 yrs on steroids, 10 on methotrexate. Originally oral, 25 mg a week, but last 4 yrs weekly injections of 25 mg. I had a hemi-colectomy in March 09, with 15 cm of my small and large intestines removed. Unfortunately, I then had a big flare in late September requiring 2 weeks again in hospital. I was put on remicade: gastro said I would have only 3 infusions: 0, 2 weeks, 6 weeks, but still had faecal incontinence and failure to put on weight.

I have very severe pain on a relatively frequent basis, about 2 episodes a month. I am on humira and it seems to be helping all the other symptoms but the pain. My gi doc only ever offers antispasmodic meds. The pain I am feel IS NOT cramping...believe me I know what cramping is. Not sure what to do. Any advice would be appreciated. Before you ask I know it's not an obsruction...

I have been on humira, remicade, multi stem cells transplant/infusion, and tofacinitib and my doctors have told me that any pregnancy will be a risk for the child as I am consider toxic even if I have been off these medications for 20 years.

I've been diagnosed with crohn's disease for about two years now. I was vomiting for 5 months straight, needed to go to the emergenecy room every two days to receive an iv cause i could not eat or hold down water. I had a colonoscopy done and my results came back that i had a thickening to my ileum wall. The drs started me immediately on remicade and entocort, I felt as nothing was working. After months of complaining, the doctors did an capsle egd which showed supposably "nothing.

Sorry for the last response! I am a lot better than I used to be, the medicine has changed my life. I'm still unable to work due to complications I had from the Crohn's before they knew I had it, but I'm looking into surgery to fix them. But if it weren't for those the Humira most definitely would make working a lot easier. I used to weigh 105lbs during my worst episode and now I'm having trouble keeping it off!

Hi Sharon, as far as is currently known, diabetes is not a cause for Crohn's, which is an auto-immune system malfunction of the small intestine, and/or the large colon. Diabetes is quite different, in that it is caused by the pancreas. Interestingly though, I was diagnosed with pancreatic insufficiency (not diabetes) last September when a CT scan showed an abnormality on the tail of my pancreas.

1) Antiretroviral treatment for Hepatitis C 2) Treatment for Cancer (Chemotherapy) 3) P.E.P. treatment for HIV 4) Other immunodeficiency diseases, such as Crohn's disease. Isn't crohns an AUTO immune disease (immune system attacks itself), not an immune deficiency (weak immune system.) Could a legit site make a mistake like that? Mixing up auto immune and immune deficiency?

My son was diagnosed with T1D at age 22 mos. He is now 13 and in the past year has been diagnosed with Crohn's. He is currently on Remicade, which only seems to treat his Crohn's symptoms for about 4 of the 8 weeks between infusion treatments. The good thing is that Remicade does not adversely affect his diabetes management. We are still looking for a regimen that will keep his Crohn's at bay the entire time between treatments.

I am sorry to hear that your son is having severe fatigue problems as a result of his Crohn's disease. You asked about methotrexate - I have had Crohn's for 40 yrs, diagnosed at 25 rs old in 1970 when the only drug to really treat this incurable disease was steroids. Some 9 years ago I found methotrexate on the internet and cajoled my then gastro to prescribe it, which he was not happy to do, as at that time it was "off label".

Welcome to the Crohn's Community forum, where I hope you can get the support you need. It is entirely possible to have Crohn's without bleeding as I can relate from my own experience. I was dx in 1970, only symptoms severe weight loss and diarrhea. I had a good appetite, no pain and no bleeding. Eventually a laparotomy was done (no scopes in thise days) and some 15 different areas in my small intestine were inflamed. Biopsies confirmed the Crohn's diagnosis.

Or even that I would develop antibodies later due to one of those two and I would have to keep testing past the 3 months. I know we don't like to talk about symptoms but that's the only reason that I'm even questioning it. 10 weeks after the exposure the partner that I had at least sent me his OraQuick results of a negative. That's all I have to go off of at the moment.

My 32 year old son was diagnosed with Crohn's about 3 years ago, though he was sick for several years before that, and we suspect he had symptoms in childhood as well. In addition to his regular Crohn's symptoms, he has developed a group of symptoms that have recurred many times. First he starts to feel terrible; his belly pain and diarhea become debilitating. Then he gets very hungry and starts eating, mostly carbs.

thx for the response, and im dealing with so much more then just my crohns, which is not good for my crohn's, lotta depression and stress as i lost my best friend last year and i am quite the homebody/loner, dont have anyone i really feel close with or that i have anyone to really do anything or go out with, so i find myself dwelling.

I have had crohn's for 10 years and been through the treatments. First supplements and probiotics are pretty standard fare for the disease. All crohnies have nutritional problems. If your aunt is in a severe flare, take her to the ER. They will make sure there is nothing really bad going on, get her hydrated and out of pain. For me hydration is the biggest thing, and sometimes the pain free rest. They will also assign her a GI doc if she is admitted, maybe she will like the one she gets.

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