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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR HUMIRA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Rheumatoid Arthritis | Psoriasis | Worked pretty well for my arthritis | M | 47 | 6 years 40 2X M | 11/21/2023 | 2 | Psoratic ARTHRITIS AND UVEITIS | It worked well at first in July 2022. But by January 2023 it felt like shot was giving me only days of improvement. My hands swelled, fingers, total hip surgery that never healed well n swelled previously got worse. Swelling on left hip from bottom of scar to above my hip bone. Fatigue got bad then worse.. heavy hair loss.. Depression, crying about everything wrong in my life. Then i went numb ..like i couldn't express myself. I Couldn't have a normal reaction..I felt frozen some days. No emotion. Migraines galore . I have trigeminal nerve disorder and I have ear damage. I couldn't tell what's hurting.. I am a cancer Survivor of a nasty cancer that affected my mouth and brain. | So Dr suggested to add Methotrexate to Humira , but nationwide shortage since last year. I just finally got it and I felt really ok and more energy for 2 big days. Then today I woke with a #10 migraine that's lasted all day. Drs won't admit that any of these issues exist. Swelling , depression.. I really thought methotrexate was helping me yesterday. I'm gonna go to ear nose throat to check ear drum and see my Neurologist this week. I've decided this can't go on and I'll get off Humira. If headaches are from it. Even if methotrexate helps what's going to happen if pharmacy says oh we can't get it again for months. Humira alone is doing something bad to me. | F | 61 | 14 months 40mg 2X M | 9/10/2023 Patient History | 1 | Hidradenitis Suppurativa | After taking Humira for 2 months I got bumps on my chest and back which eventually turned into blisters. They covered my entire body including my scalp and private part. I started losing chunks of hair. I am unable to go shopping because of the blisters on my feet. I am now in an electric chair. All of this because of a boil like bump. Humira is a highly dangerous medicine. I wouldn't prescribe this to anyone. | Humira did not get rid of the HS bump I was taking it for. | F | 60 | 2 months 80mg 2time 2X M | 6/6/2023 | 1 | Hydrantitus Supperatevia | Started with a dizzy spell here and there and then led to feeling lightheaded with minor headaches. Fatigue started in as well as weird frequent heart palpitations. Then I started having panic attacks anxiety and depression for the first time in my life. Medicine did help with flare ups but I stopped it. Now on anti depressant. Not worth it, as I'd rather have a flare up! Stick with the devil you know! | No! | F | 42 | 3 months 80 mg 2X M | 4/7/2023 | 4 | Rheumatoid arthritis | M | 52 | 3 years 40 mg 2X M | 1/6/2023 | 1 | Rheumatoid arthritis | Extreme fatigue, heaviness, breathing is difficult. Tired, RA symptoms seem worse including stiffness in hands. | F | 60 | 21 days 40 mg 1X day | 3/23/2022 | 1 | Ankylosis and RA | After my first shot I felt great but at 2 months I started getting migraines. Then at 3 months I started getting extreme RA flares. I stopped taking Humira at 4 months and again had an extreme RA flare. More painful than anything pain I had before starting this biological. I would not recommend! | F | 54 | 4 months 30 MG 2X M | 1/4/2022 | 3 | Haradenitus Superlativa | Did fine at first. Then one infection after another. Had to stop several times ,and restart. Noticed on restart started feeling depressed, mood swings. I was suspicious but wasn't sure until now. Took my last dose today. I'm done Can't stand the mood swings, and depression. Rather deal with the pain | If you suffer from anxiety,and depression please let your doctor know. At first thought my medicine wasn't working. It can make you miserable. | F | 63 | 0 months 40mg 1X W | 1/22/2021 | 3 | Rheumatoid Arthritis | After 3 months it has taken away most of my joint pain. But it has caused me shortness of breath and heart failure. I am seeing my doctor tomorrow. Will not take anymore of this drug. | F | 66 | 3 months 40 2X M | 12/20/2020 | 1 | Hidradenitis Suppurtiva | I developed a kidney infection almost immediately after the loading dose and could barely walk for a week from the pain, a SEVERE and stubborn sinus infection that I am still taking a 3rd round of antibiotics for, sudden swelling of my face, lips, and, eyes several days post-injection, head to toe red pin point rash, rapid weight gain (most noticeably in my abdomen) and changes in body composition, persistent mental fog, extreme fatigue (in bed for days and days and still no rested feeling or energy), increased frequency/urge re: urination (esp. while sleeping), bruising easily (took several weeks to heal), depression, anxiety, one morning I woke up with patchy white facial hair including a mustache, general malaise, red eyes, chest pain, increased shortness of breath (I have asthma), and my body aches in ways I've yet to find the right words to describe, probably because I'm losing the ability to remember what words I know and how to use them. | It's been 4 weeks off HUMIRA and it still seems as though my body is presenting me with new, alarming side effects every other day, which is a tragic improvement over all day, each day. The worst part was being treated for each issue/symptom individually by several Drs. in different facilities without the ability to tie all of these incidents together with HUMIRA-compromised mental faculties? Both my father and brother have had success with this drug, but I can't say that I'm not going to end up paying with my life, which I hardly recognize as mine, anymore. My prescribing physician (dermatologist) was super enthusiastic about suggesting this option for the single recurrent abscess that was active at the time, but I have no idea what it happening my body at this point, much less which specialist to bring it to for proper diagnosis and treatment. I do get a lot of phone calls from my assigned nurse, Lauren, who is not well versed on the "rare"ť side effects I am now living with. BIG 2020 ENERGY THIS STUFF IS. | F | 35 | 75 days 40mg 1X W | 11/19/2020 | 5 | RA and Bechet's | I haven't had any side effects. | I have tried several treatments for pain relief without success. About 2 months after I started taking Humira I started feeling relief. My pain level continues to decrease. I have been treated for depression for many years. This too has improved due to the decrease in my level of pain. | F | 61 | 7 months 40 mg 2X M | 11/13/2020 | 1 | RA & HidradenitisHS | Switched to Humira after 6yrs on Remicade. The Remicade was increasing HS flares. Had some relief from the Humira at about 3-month point, then the HS flares increased again. always within 1 day of Humira injection. On both -mab biologic drugs I developed chronic fatigue, unpredictable moods, anxiety, depression, both insomnia and heavy sleep, and general sense of malaise and lethargy. Also during this time I was diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy. I have also developed serious food sensitivities and allergies that I did not have before taking the biologic drugs. The RA has progressed, though perhaps more slowly due to the drugs, but my quality of life has decreased significantly. | I recently stopped taking Humira. I would NOT recommend any biologic drugs to anyone. Humira is not called a chemo drug, despite that being what it is. Targeting, killing and modifying cells in our bodies is the very way that it is designed to work. These biologic drugs wage chemo warfare in our bodies, and the side effects and issues these drugs cause is because our bodies are fighting to get rid of the invader, which is the drug itself. No drug will save your life because we are human. We are not meant to live forever. Stay away from the -mabs and all the other biologic drugs. Live every day of your life like it is your last. | F | 47 | 7 months 40mg 4X M | 11/5/2020 | 1 | Rheumatoid Arthritis | When I first started treatment I told my Dr I felt awful really bad swelling in legs and pain was so bad I needed wheelchair before that I could make it with a walker. He told its what you need to control your disease it takes a while before you will see improvement. Month after month I felt worse and worse developed real shortness of breath went to pulmonary and cardio Drs after one year and was floored to hear congestive heart failure and restrictive airway disease I am only 50 and could not believe what I was hearing had to go on oxygen. I also in that year had multiple infections lung sinus UTI cellitis derma cysts that got infected never had those before. The whole time my Rheumatologist was telling me you inflammation is down you need this medicine. I am here to tell you I got very minimal relief from my RA symptoms and instead got all these other things. After the Cardo appt I told the Rheumatologist enough no more shots unfortunately it take a good 10 weeks to clear your system so they say. Well it has been 5 months no shots yes my inflammation is up and I have R A pain but not that much more then when I was on shots AND I am no longer on oxygen my heart is healing numbers are good and the cardiologist said the good news is most of the damage can be reversed. No more infections swelling weight gain insomnia or anxiety that is great . My warning to all is Humira and all the biologic meds out there alter vital functions in the body and OFTEN they cause immense damage to | Do not take biologics the human body was not meant to be manipulated like that . | F | 50 | 12 months 30 1X W | 8/29/2020 | 4 | RA | I have to take my shot on the weekend because of the immediate side effects. Within 1 hour of taking it, I am feverish, fatigue, shortness of breath, longer than normal digestion, and body aches. For me, this last a minimum of 24 hours, sometimes 36. | After the unfortunate loss of every weekend (which is quite depressing and an emotional roller coaster of feelings), I experience an engery boost like never before. I am almost jittery like, pacing at work, and I still have energy after work to help with dinner and chores that I have not been able to do for years. Overall, I do have improvements in joint pain, but not 100% gone. The anxiety/ depression of not being a productive mother and wife on the weekends (because of the shot) does negatively affect me. It’s definitely a different life and takes time to get used to. | F | 40 | 5 months 40mg 1X W | 7/12/2020 | 4 | Rheumatoid arthritis | Fatigue | F | 53 | 5 months 2x month | 6/25/2020 | 1 | RA | my joint pain went from 4-5/10 to 9/10 within the first 4 injections/2 months. Instead of a gradual decrease in pain it was a dramatic increase over far too short of a period. | given how this Rx works on suppression of TNF, I think the overall risks especially how it impacts the immune system is far too risky. I have been an RN clinician for 35 uears | M | 67 | 3 months 40 | 6/12/2020 | 5 | Severe RA | Headaches, injection site soreness for days, big bruising on injection site, stomach pain, sick for 5 days, | I stopped taking this med after I was hospitalized for 2weeks due to a pulmonary pleural effusion. Had to get surgery. Had 3 chest tubes place. Almost lost my lung. So no longer taking Humira since that hospitalization. I am still taking Methotrexate. | M | 50 | 1 years 40mg 1X O | 2/16/2020 | 1 | Ulcerative colitis | Absolutely awful drug the side mental effects started after taking for 4 months and slowly continued to worsen to the point that I was nothing short of crazy Dangerous depression , suicidal ideation , horrible anxiety , daily panic attacks , memory problems. This drug should be banned until ignorant healthcare workers listen to their patients. This drug has possibly been the death of people through suicide. | DON'T ignore the early signs of depression it could cost you your life. | M | 39 | 2 days | 1/28/2020 | 1 | Rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's | My son just started this Im really scared for him to get cancer or any other life side effects. like to have some advice on taking this medicine for my son | He was on Enbrel medicine for a year and got Crohn's disease from it | M | 8 | 30 days | 1/23/2020 | 1 | Juvenile RA | Skin ulcer on knuckle and severe rash over 85% of body. | Got ulcer on knuckle that is larger than half dollar after 7 months of bi monthly injections. Then rash started. Have been to several doctors and no one can diagnose. Rheumatologist totally unhelpful. I am very concerned but not getting help from doctors!! | M | 13 | 16 days | 5/26/2018 |
HUMIRA (ADALIMUMAB): Adalimumab is used to reduce pain and swelling due to certain types of arthritis (such as rheumatoid, psoriatic, juvenile idiopathic, ankylosing spondylitis). This medication is also used to treat certain skin disorders (such as plaque-type psoriasis, hidradenitis suppurativa). It works by blocking a protein (tumor necrosis factor or TNF) found in the body's immune system that causes joint swelling and damage in arthritis as well as red scaly patches in psoriasis. Adalimumab belongs to a class of drugs known as TNF blockers. By reducing joint swelling, this medication helps to reduce further joint damage and preserve joint function. Adalimumab is also used to treat certain bowel conditions (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis) and a certain eye disease (uveitis). (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)