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Remicade is effective for some but not others. With an initial UC diagnosis, Remicade would be the first thing to try since it is approved for UC but not Remicade - not officially anyway. Conversely, Humira is approved for Crohns and may be more effective if that's what you have.

I only had one infusion of Remicade, and it was effective for a day. But I was far too gone for it to really help me by the time I started on it.

My daughter found that Remicade did little to nothing for her. It did seem to keep the bad from becoming really bad as quickly as without it, but it could not put her into remission. She tried Humira and it was minimally effective as well, and she absolutely hated Humira. It burns going in and being only 7 she screamed her head off when we would give it to her.

Jan Dollar says you can get Humira in a vile instead of a pen if you request it from the doctor. She says the advantage of that is that you can control how fast or slow it goes in, reducing the burn.

Steve
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