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Below are Humira (Adalimumab) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 5 ratings/reviews, Humira has an overall score of 7. The effectiveness score is 7.20 and the side effect score is 8. 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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