At Thanksgiving, I had been on Humira about six or seven months. I had surgery for a lesion on my scalp. I went back on Humira two weeks after the surgery. Last month, my doctor and I decided to go from doing Humira every two weeks to every week. That was three weeks ago. I am still having issues with the Crohns Disease. I am supposed to let my doctor know at the beginning of next month how I am doing. How long before I notice any improvement?
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Just seeing this and curious how you are doing Ron. I'm presently in a similar situation. I had to go off the Humira for 2 months due to hip surgery end of November (I developed Avascular Necrosis in my left hip due to predinsone). During that time my Crohn's symptoms increased. I went back on the Humira, biweekly, and ended up where I am now, in a Crohn's flare. My gi dr decided to switch me to weekly Humira which will begin this week, having had my usual dose last week. I'm really hoping the increase will calm things.
That's the next choice for me too, if this weekly stuff doesn't work. I'll be crossing my fingers and toes for you, friend.
Thanks. Same here.