Hey TammySue... Am I sure about the Remicade switch? Short answer is a big NO
Here is what I've been told by my GI (and I've no reason to distrust anything she has told me).. Once a person is put on Remicade, most docs try to keep them on it for as long as possible... even if it isnt' doing miracles for them.. as when taken off it, there is a chance the body will develop anti-bodies to it that could cause a negative reaction... or enuff resistance that the benefits may be less than the risks involved. So, a person could go back on it, and their body may not have developed anti-bodies, and everything works out hunky-dory. or they may have started the process of developing anti-bodies, and their body now fights the drug... lessening the benefits and increasing risk of rejection or other issues. So it really is a coin toss. Thing of it is, even if one never came off the drug, there is still a chance that anti-body or adverse reactions cause it to become out of the question anyway. so, personally, I think one has to enter into it with a sense of optimism, and just hope for the best. you should check with your doc to see if my 'translation' of what my GI told me sounds correct.
She was talking sense, and I was listening in idiot.