The following is the same response verbatim to your other post, just in case you have any problems navigating this site, and can't find your original post, OK?
"Hey Jen.. Welcome to the forum. Sorry to hear about your husband. One of the regular members on here is posting a daily diary on her humira experience. I heartily recommend you check out katiesue1506 posting. hope that it helps."
If your husband continues to see no improvement on the humira (hopefully an unlikely occurance, but one never knows) and if you've expended all your other options, there is something that you may want to consider trying. first, you'll need to do some research on Low Dose Naltrexone, or LDN for short. There is a published report (American Journal of Gastro enterology) from spring of 2007 (I could be wrong, it may have been earlier - just search the forum for LDN, else Google it, OK.. there are numerous references to it on the worldwide web, OK)
anyway, short version goes like this. Naltrexone is a drug thats' been around for years. Originally intended for treating alcohol or opiate addiction, recently it has been trialed for treating numerous diseases, including MS, cancer, and IBD
It showed remarkable levels of success in the IBD trials, 89% of the patients on it showed great improvement over 12 weeks, even at their 16 week follow-up. What is even better, the drug is used in extremely lose dosages, so the risk of side effects are truly minimal. A 14 day supply for an addict case would suffice someone with IBD for 15 months. anyway, long story short, myself and some others on here are experimenting with it. I've been on it for only a few weeks, but I've experienced remarkable improvement. So what' the downside? Well, I said experimenting because the drug was only tested on 17 patients so far. Its an older medication, off patent, and the manufacturer isn't keen on paying for tests for people who will only use minimal qty's at best. so don't hold out hope a lot of other studies will be forthcoming. there is one currently in early stages, but like I said, the manufacturer isn't on board, so it's all being funded privately
Second, the use of this drug was never approved by the FDA or other bodies in the treatment of IBD. doesn't mean it isn't safe, per se. just that, without the pre-requisite testing I mentioned, it wasn't done. It was tested/approved for dependancy, and at much higher doses... so it is both safe for us AND a doctor CAN legally/ethically prescribe it, but it takes a 'brave' doctor to do so, and lots of convincing/pleading/begging. If you hubby is running short of options, AND traditional meds aren't working... IF you go to a doctor with the printouts from the AMG, or some of the various LDN websites, they may be willing to try it, OK
I went that route. took me 3 months to convince my GI. Took a couple of weeks for it to start. I caution you, it does work slower than other meds that I have tried... And, my results have been a bit spotty overall. But, on the whole (no pun intended) this drug has changed my life for the better, and I now have hope for the future. Be that as it may, it isn't the answer for everyone, and I'd caution you do to your homework, research it, weigh your hubby's options, and then decide. Just my personal opinion, and I'm no doctor or anything. Just one of the gang on here who has run short of opitons too. I hope, whatever your decision is, that things turn around for your husband real soon/ Merry Xmas