Switching from Remicade to Humira

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Correcting post number 50110...

I'm sorry. I meant dose #3. Not #5. (a clerical error??) ~;^)

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Terribly, I must have spent 30 minutes writing an update for this

thread Sunday night, November 4th. Somehow it never made it to the

website. There must be a time limit. What a waste. Anyway, here's an

extremely brief overview...

The Humira DID begin to take effect on my 6th and 7th dose. I'm

currently on my 9th dose and am currently at about 75% of the pain

relief I was getting from Remicade. This includes Indocin, MTX and

Ultram which I was also taking with the Remicade. My psoriasis has

improved to " as good or better. "

My doctor says I can switch back to Remicade anytime I want now that

my health provider has been staightened out as far as billing goes. I

asked if switching back and forth between the two would throw my

immune system out-of-whack and she said no. The Remicade should work

as good as it did before. I'm open to any words that back up what she

said. Either by members here or to links to other websites that

address the " back and forth " switching.

Thanks for listening. There! that only took 7 minutes. Hopefully,

this one will make it. ~;^)

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I am switching from Remicade to Humira because I ran out of funding for

the Remicade. I wanted to hear from people who have done this and how

it went for you. I took my first dose of Humira four days ago and I

continue to get worse. Any feed back, good or bad, would be appreciated.

-Eileen