Reply to "Did you guys try Biologics like Remicade or Humira before J-pouch?"

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@Bent-Arne posted:
I tried infliximab three weeks before my surgery.. Was my last option. I got two big doses over a week, didn't help at all.

Infliximab = Remicade, unless you took a biosimilar. Getting 2 big doses in a week is not how it is usually administered- in fact I have never heard of it. It is done 0-2-6 (thought this was the industry standard) and after that every 4-8 weeks. Usually you do not see results for months. Results show up on a scope in 6 months. If you are really sick you cannot go on meds like this and expect instant results- not going to happen in many or most cases, regardless of whether it proves effective in the long term. It's partly for that reason that I was on antibiotics when I started Remicade, and eventually was able to wean completely off of them.

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