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Below are Humira (Adalimumab) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 11 ratings/reviews, Humira has an overall score of 7.82. The effectiveness score is 8.18 and the side effect score is 8.18. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Humira review by 35 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | |  |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| Dosage & duration: | | 40 Mil Injection (dosage frequency: every other week) for the period of 3 years |
| Other conditions: | | previous hysterectomy |
| Other drugs taken: | | premarin | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | relieved pain, swelling, progression of damage to joints |
| Side effects: | | literally none...some mild itching at injection site |
| Comments: | | one injection every other week...only problem with medication was exhorbitant cost |
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| | Humira review by 28 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | |  |
| Effectiveness: | | Moderately Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Crohn's Disease |
| Dosage & duration: | | 40 mil by injection (dosage frequency: every other week) for the period of almost 2 years now |
| Other conditions: | | Anemia |
| Other drugs taken: | | Asacol | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Seemed to quiet the disease down especially during the first year. Colonoscopy showed most of the colon healed after that time. Fistulas no longer occurred and stayed healed and erythema on legs did not recur once I started taking this. |
| Side effects: | | Despite most of colon and rectal area healing, my sigmoid colon developed a bad stricture which may require surgery to remove. Was very disappointed that healing did not seem to be complete and now I may have to have surgery. Only side effects from taking the medication I noticed was a very high susceptibility to colds and other easily spread illness. Also length and severity of colds much worse than when not on it. |
| Comments: | | TNF blocker. |
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| | Humira review by 52 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | rheumatoid arthritis |
| Dosage & duration: | | 40mg SQ taken every week for the period of 6 months |
| Other conditions: | | actinic keratosis |
| Other drugs taken: | | arava, celebrex, prednisone | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | The joint pain becomes considerably less within 24 hours of the shot. I have more energy and almost no more nausea. |
| Side effects: | | I had a rash from the 2nd shot but it went away and has not come back. |
| Comments: | | This medicine is given subcutaneously by a sho every 1-2weeks. I take it in combination with arava. I almost never take prednisone anymore and only take celebrex one time a day instead of two. |
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| | Humira review by 53 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| Dosage & duration: | | 40 mg taken every 15 days..self administer injection for the period of 2 years |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | occassional Motrin and vitamin supplements | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | I was initially placed on this medication several years ago for RA when Vioxx was pulled. I religiously self administered the medication for two years and then decided to quit because I didn't believe that it was helping much. I took a "holiday" for 16 months and then checked in with my rheumatologist. She suggested that I restart the medicine based upon x-rays and blood work. I have been on it again for 3mos...I feel better...less pain..more energy. |
| Side effects: | | I have not experienced any side effects. |
| Comments: | | I am fortunate that I have good insurance coverage because it is very expensive. As with any medicine...I am concerned about possible long term side effects. However...my grandmother had RA and was severely crippled with the disease. This medication is supposed to prevent joint destruction...I am hoping that it will. |
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| | Humira review by 55 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Ineffective |
| Side effects: | | Extremely Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| Dosage & duration: | | 40mg. taken every 2 weeks for the period of total of 4 injections Sub Q |
| Other conditions: | | Osteoarthritis, Sjogren's Syndrome, Lupus |
| Other drugs taken: | | Phenobarb, Topamax, Inderal, Zomig, Celebrex, Elavil | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | I was not on the drug lonng enough to recognize any benefits. Medication was
discontinued when first vessicle appeared. |
| Side effects: | | Acute psoritic rash accompanied by alopecia which required dermatologist care |
| Comments: | | Many creams all were ineffective. Because of the autoimmune disease process, light therapy could not be used. It more or less ran its own course. Took
over 6 months for all rash and outbreak to subside. |
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| | Humira review by 62 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | rheumatoi arthritis |
| Dosage & duration: | | 40mg taken fortnightly for the period of 4 years |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | methotrexate | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | amazing within 48 hrs virtually no pain |
| Side effects: | | the only problem for me has been that colds tend to turn nasty and last a lot longer i always have the flu jabs now |
| Comments: | | i have been using humira for about 4 years every 2 weeks,i took it alongside methotrexate haven't taken methx for about 3 years now dont need it if i catch a cold i delay injecting until i feel better,have missed up to 2 injections and not had bad joint pain.just wish i had started it sooner i perhaps wouldn't have the deformed hands that i have now |
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| | Humira review by 45 year old male patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | RA, Sjögren syndrome |
| Dosage & duration: | | 1 dose per two weeks (dosage frequency: 5) for the period of 2 months |
| Other conditions: | | Asthma / COPD |
| Other drugs taken: | | Methotrexaat; Artrotec; Foster; Atrovent, Sulbotamol | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Rheumatic arthritis problems/symptoms dissapeared. No more morning stifness, no more joint pains. More energy, more appetite. |
| Side effects: | | Severe lung complications: Dyspneu, Pneunomonitis (inflammation of lung tissue), severe fever (40.3°).
Inlammation of cornea.
No relief of Sjögrens syndrome symptoms.
First treatment with Humira resulted in a drop of the bloodpressure. |
| Comments: | | Hospitalization, high doses of Prednisolon, Claritromycine and other antibiotics. Pantropazol, Atrovent, Salbutamol |
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| | Humira review by 38 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | RA |
| Dosage & duration: | | 40 mil (dosage frequency: every two weeks) for the period of 2.5 months |
| Other conditions: | | anaemia |
| Other drugs taken: | | sulfasalazine | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Significant reduction in pain and stiffness with 24 hours, lasting about a week. Am going to ask my doctor if it is possible to change to weekly injections, as am now alternating between happiness and misery on a weekly basis, as the effect wears out after seven days. |
| Side effects: | | No noticeable side effects |
| Comments: | | Self-administered injections |
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| | Humira review by 24 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Crohn's Disease |
| Dosage & duration: | | 0.8 ml (dosage frequency: once every two weeks) for the period of 13 |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Virtually stopped joint and then digestive flares entirely. |
| Side effects: | | development of an imbalance of natural-to-the-body fungi of the scalp, chest and feet that required antifungal creme as treatment |
| Comments: | | Humira taken as a self-injected shot much like an epipen. Very painful at time of shot. Have moved just last week from every two weeks to every three. |
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| | Humira review by 50 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | ankylosing spondylitis |
| Dosage & duration: | | 40mg taken 1 shot every 2 weeks for the period of 2 months so far |
| Other conditions: | | hypothyroid, insufficient pancreatic enzymes |
| Other drugs taken: | | synthroid, creon12, bcp | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Almost complete pain relief! AMAZING!
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| Side effects: | | none |
| Comments: | | This drug is amazing! After being in almost constant neck and shoulder pain for approximately 2 years, within 4 days of my first injection of Humira, I was practically pain free. I am also taking Etodolac and am planning to taper off this anti-inflammatory in the next couple of months if possible. |
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| | Humira review by 30 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Rheumatoid arthritis |
| Dosage & duration: | | 40 mg taken every week for the period of 2+ years |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | celebrex, mercaptopurine | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Improved joint stiffness, less fatigue, better mobility, less pain and joint swelling, improved mood because of improved mobility |
| Side effects: | | No side effects, possible chronic sinus issues but not sure if it is related. Bruising at injection site |
| Comments: | | One injection sq every week, some pain on injection, occasional mild bleeding at injection site, mild bruising at injection site |
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