Remicade and flare up

cyn555

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Joined : Aug 2008

Posts : 332

Posted 8/10/2020 7:53 AM (GMT -5)

For those of you who are on Remicade, did you ever get a flare up on Remicade and were able to get back into remission?

I have been on Remicade for 7 years. 3 weeks ago I started flaring and was hospitalized for 3 days. They started me on itravenous steroids and I am now on prednisone lowering my dose every week. I spoke to my gastro this morning and I will start getting my infusions every 4 weeks instead of 8 weeks. I am hoping this will be put me back into remission!!

straydog

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Joined : Feb 2003

Posts : 20002

Posted 8/10/2020 10:19 AM (GMT -5)

Yes, it can happen, none of the meds are a 100% guarantee. A couple of things to consider is asking your gi to check your trough levels, if you are on 5kg, you can be bumped to 10kg. It sounds like you have a good gi that is willing to treat you as an individual patient, that's a great thing. I wouldn't kick Remicade to the curb yet, discuss the above with your dr. Hopefully you will get things back under control.

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