I discovered that my chronic pouchitis turned out to be Crohn's for which I have now begun receiving Stelara, firt by infusion, and now by injection. Has anyone had that happen to them, and if you took Stelara, did it help? An IBD specialist i consulted said that it takes Stelara 4-6 months this to take effect. Yikes!
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I had the same thing happen to me. First I was given 6 MP, then Humira, then Remicade and I'm now on Stelara. I've had 9 treatments, one every 8 weeks and so far it's working. The other treatments worked for a while until my body started to reject them.
Thanks so much for your reply. I have had 1 infusion initially and then 2 injections since. There was a time lapse of at least 8 weeks before my first injection while i was waiting for Johnson & Johnson to approve my getting the injections free. So far I see no big difference in my disease. In fact, after the injection, I seem to get worse for about a week at least. It's very frustrating. I hope I will do as well as you when I have been on Stelara that long.
