Decisions, decisions do I or do I not have humria
Hi everyone I hope you are all doing well today. If you read the blog post that I did on my GI clinic appointment (link to the blog post - What happened at my GI appointment 07/08/2013) you will know that my next medication option is for the Crohn's is humria also known as Adalimumab. Humria was first mentioned to me back in 2010 as it was thought it would keep my Crohn's in remission after my surgery. I didn't want to take it at the time because at that point it was the last medication they could offer me and I wanted to save it for when I needed it, but times have changed and there is suppose to be a new medication coming out shortly called Vedolizumab and there is more new drugs in the pipeline.
I have always had a problem with humria don't ask why because I don't know but my gut feeling always tells me not to take this medication. Maybe it is something to do with the side effects that I have had from all the previous medications or maybe it is something to with some of the possible side effects that run in the family. When I spoke to my GI about the concerns that I had he had said that lymphoma is not a cancer and nobody within NHS Grampian has been diagnosed with humria induced MS.
I have spoken to a few people about humria over the past few weeks and everybody has said the same thing "it is a great medication", probably one of the best things for treating fistulas and seeing as my fistula is attached to my cervix the medication option sounds much better then the surgical option.
Why does decisions about Crohn's disease have to be so difficult.
I have always had a problem with humria don't ask why because I don't know but my gut feeling always tells me not to take this medication. Maybe it is something to do with the side effects that I have had from all the previous medications or maybe it is something to with some of the possible side effects that run in the family. When I spoke to my GI about the concerns that I had he had said that lymphoma is not a cancer and nobody within NHS Grampian has been diagnosed with humria induced MS.
I have spoken to a few people about humria over the past few weeks and everybody has said the same thing "it is a great medication", probably one of the best things for treating fistulas and seeing as my fistula is attached to my cervix the medication option sounds much better then the surgical option.
Why does decisions about Crohn's disease have to be so difficult.
Comments
Post a Comment