Health Boards
Fri-03-09-2021, 16:35 PM
I began using Humira in 2007 and achieved a remission in long-standing, severe Crohn's. In January 2021 (I moved to a new location), my new GI doctor sent a prescription for the Citrate Free Humira. I noticed increased mild nausea feelings and increased skin eruption. I had a small rash on my lower leg that came and went since 2012 when I took up roller skating again (the sport and love of my youth). The dermatologist I saw, then, said the rash was due to stasis dermatitis and recommended compression stockings. The rash continued coming and going but remained small and uneventful.
Suddenly, this year in conjunction with the different Humira formula, the rash grew and became raised and painful, prompting care with a different dermatologist, since I had moved. Frustration over thinning skin, bleeding, and increased eruptions of rash led me to this forum and to understanding that the topical steroid ointments may have worsened the condition and that there are other treatments out there..
I have wondered if the change in Humira may have triggered some different response in my immune system. In July, I went back to the original formula for Humira but have noticed no improvement, skinwise.
A friend of mine who had a glioblastoma brain tumor was holding his own for a long while until his doctor fiddled with the dosage of one of his main medications to treat the cancer, lowering the dosage since he was doing well. At that point, his cancer accelerated quickly and took him. Perhaps it was coincidental, but it didn't seem that way. I wonder if you get a medicine that is working for you, whatever it is, maybe it's not wise to change it. Maybe the change in the Humira led to the aggravation of the drug induced psoriasis.
Suddenly, this year in conjunction with the different Humira formula, the rash grew and became raised and painful, prompting care with a different dermatologist, since I had moved. Frustration over thinning skin, bleeding, and increased eruptions of rash led me to this forum and to understanding that the topical steroid ointments may have worsened the condition and that there are other treatments out there..
I have wondered if the change in Humira may have triggered some different response in my immune system. In July, I went back to the original formula for Humira but have noticed no improvement, skinwise.
A friend of mine who had a glioblastoma brain tumor was holding his own for a long while until his doctor fiddled with the dosage of one of his main medications to treat the cancer, lowering the dosage since he was doing well. At that point, his cancer accelerated quickly and took him. Perhaps it was coincidental, but it didn't seem that way. I wonder if you get a medicine that is working for you, whatever it is, maybe it's not wise to change it. Maybe the change in the Humira led to the aggravation of the drug induced psoriasis.