Patient Log of Experience Using HUMIRA
DRUG RATINGS REPORTS HISTORY FOR A PATIENT TAKING HUMIRA
| Key to ratings for HUMIRA: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
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| Rating | Reason | Side Effects | Comments | Sex | Age | Time Taken and Dosage | Date Added | |
| 4 | RA | Forgot to mention in previous post that I've experienced many sinus infections since starting methotrexate & Humira due to their tendency to supress the immune system. | I'd gladly deal with the side effects of Humira, it helped that much. I'm anxious to see if the Cimzia works better, as my doctor seems to think it will. However, feeling 75% better than I did before treatment is a tremendous increase and relief and will be satisfied if that's all I can achieve. | F | 43 | 7 months 40 mg 1X W | 8/21/2010 | |
| 4 | RA | Burning when injecting med (however, I switched over to a pre-loaded SYRINGE and can now control the rate of the injection. It's MUCH better). I also get lots of sinus infections during the fall/winter because of the Humira and MTX surpressing my immune system. | Apparently my original post did not show up. I did my injections at night and had no side effects other than the ones I've listed. I often felt relief the very next day and sometimes within and hour or 2 of injection. Humira has worked pretty darn well for me and my RA. I'd say I'm 75% better than I was before trying any treatment and I'm pretty happy with that. However, my doctor is switching me to Cimzia to see if we can get closer to 100% relief. If that doesn't work well, I'll be happy with the 75%. | F | 43 | 7 months 40 mg 1X W | 8/22/2010 | |
| 4 | RA | Burning when injecting med (however, I switched over to a pre-loaded SYRINGE and can now control the rate of the injection. It's MUCH better). I also get lots of sinus infections during the fall/winter because of the Humira and MTX surpressing my immune system. | I did my injections at night and had no side effects other than the ones I've listed. I often felt relief the very next day and sometimes within and hour or 2 of injection. Humira has worked pretty darn well for me and my RA. I'd say I'm 75% better than I was before trying any treatment and I'm pretty happy with that. However, my doctor is switching me to Cimzia to see if we can get closer to 100% relief. If that doesn't work well, I'll be happy with the 75%. | F | 43 | 7 months 40 mg 1X W | 8/22/2010 | |
| 4 | RA | Burning when injecting med (however, I switched over to a pre-loaded SYRINGE and can now control the rate of the injection. It's MUCH better). I also get lots of sinus infections during the fall/winter because of the Humira and MTX surpressing my immune system. | I did my injections at night and had no side effects other than the ones I've listed. I often felt relief the very next day and sometimes within and hour or 2 of injection. Humira has worked pretty darn well for me and my RA. I'd say I'm 75% better than I was before trying any treatment and I'm pretty happy with that. However, my doctor is switching me to Cimzia to see if we can get closer to 100% relief. If that doesn't work well, I'll be happy with the 75%. | F | 43 | 7 months 40 mg 1X W | 8/22/2010 | |