Himura
Hi Everyone I'm new to this forum. I've just been diagnosed with AS the pain is debilitating to say the least. I've just had my 1st injection of humira last Wednesday but still in pain but it is early days yet so doing my best to stay positive. It took me a long time to accept I had another autoimmune condition but now I've got my head around it and see everyone else's posts on the disease with their daily struggles i now feel I'm not alone. Has anyone tried Humira? And did they experience any nasty side effects like hair loss or infections. I've heard a lot of horror stories on this drug and was apprehensive to start the treatment but speaking with my rheumatologist this seems to be the 1st drug they put you on for AS and she seemed quite positive I'd do well on it.
Thank you so much for your message 😊 means a lot and fingers crossed it works for me. I really hope you get on better with your new drug also and you get relief. Felt so alone being diagnosed with this horrible disease my friends don't really understand it either I think you have to go through something like this yourself to fully understand how it impacts all of our lifes. Wishing you well on your new drug and really hope it gets you into remission soon 🙏
I was on a Humira biosimilar for about 6 months. These drugs generally take 3-4 months to kick in, to know if they are going to work for you. I had no side effects and it worked well for me for just over 2 months in the middle there. My rheumatologist moved me to another biologic because my pain and swelling started ramping up again. I have read in different groups of people doing well on it for much longer periods of time so hopefully it works for you - it doesn't mean you won't get the occasional flare but it should reduce pain and slow down disease progression.
