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Potential side effects of Humira may increase the risk of serious and potentially life-threatening injuries, including fungal infections and cancers, as well as a possible risk of permanent nerve damage that may result in multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, optic neuritis, neuropathy or other problems.

STATUS OF HUMIRA LAWSUITS: Product liability lawyers are evaluating whether individuals may be entitled to compensation through a Humira lawsuit for vision problems or nerve damage that may have been caused by Humira.

MANUFACTURER: Abbott Laboratories, Inc.

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OVERVIEW: Humira (adalimumab) is a tumor necrosis factor blocker, also known as TNF blocker, which is approved for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn’s disease, moderate to severe chronic psoriasis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis, which was previously called juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

HUMIRA NERVE DAMAGE AND VISION PROBLEMS Adverse event reports have suggested that Humira may increase the risk of nerve damage, which could cause:

  • Optic Neuritis or Vision Impairment
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Transverse Myelitis
  • Neuropathy

Lawsuits over Humira have alleged that Abbott downplayed the risk of nerve damage from Humira, including a risk of Central Nervous System (CNS) demyelination and harm to the optic nerve. While other drugs in the same class, such as Enbrel and Remicade, contain warnings about the risks, Abbott has not provided adequate warnings to physicians and consumers, which could have prevented serious injury and permanent nerve damage.

During clinical trials, at least three cases of demyelination with Humira use were reported, compared to no reported cases among those taking a placebo. Of those nerve damage problems, two involved optic neuritis on Humira, which could result in vision loss or sight problems.

In addition, an analysis of FDA adverse event reports during the first two years Humira was on the market identified at least 9 reports of neurological problems with Humira, including two cases of optic neuritis. Since that time, a number of similar Humira problems have been reported. It is widely accepted that the number of such problems reported to the FDA likely only represent between 1% and 10% of all actual adverse events.

HUMIRA CANCER SIDE EFFECTS: A study published in the May 17, 2006 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) indicated that Humira side effects could increase the risk of developing cancer. Warnings have been added to the prescribing information about the possible cancer risk.

In August 2009, the FDA announced a Humira black box cancer warning after investigating the potential association between Humira and Lymphoma and other cancers among children and young adults using TNF blockers.

Approximately half of the cancers seen in children and young adults taking TNF blockers were lymphomas, including bother Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which is a cancer of cells in the immune system. Lymphoma is not a recognized complication of JIA (Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis) or of Crohn’s disease. Other cancers reported included leukemia, melanoma and solid organ cancers.

HUMIRA FUNGAL INFECTIONS: A number of users who were receiving TNF blockers, such as Humira, have experienced fungal infections, such as histoplasmosis, blastomycosis and cocciioidmycosis. In several of these cases the infection resulted in death.

In September 2008, the FDA issued an alert to healthcare providers to provide new information about the risk of Humira fungal infections. At that time the agency also indicated that new information will be added to the Humira black box warning to ensure that doctors and consumers are aware of the risk, especially for those who live in or visit areas where fungus is prevalent.

Unfortunately, many cases of fungal infections from Humira go undiagnosed by doctors, since the symptoms are similar to the flu. Symptoms could include cough, fever, fatigue, loss of weight, sweating and shortness of breath.

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Jim
I think this site is terrible. It’s run by a lawyer who wants to sue for side effects. As someone about to start on humira, I’d want real information from someone bipartisan, not from a lawyer looking to get rich off of my disease.
Trisha
I am a 24 year old, who was diagnosed with Crohn’s when I was 17. During my 7 years with this illness I have seen 3 different GI doctors, none which indicated that I should eliminate gluten out of my diet. It wasn’t til recently, that i started seeking alternative medicine… surprisingly my chiropractor was the one who suggested it! I was on Remicade for 2 years prior, which then my body became immune to it. My GI doctor and I decided that Humira would be a good option to try. I was only on Humira for about 2 months, when I realized it was not for me. I started getting small red pus-like bumps on my skin. My GI doctor and dermatologist both said it had nothing to do with Humira, even though on the FDA’s website, it says it could be a serious problem. My immune system use to be shot, and is now slowly becoming more strong. I started seeing a nutritionist, and an acupuncturist, both who have helped a lot! The only drug I still take for my disease is Pentasa, which I have a lot of faith in, and it has minimal side effects. I recommend to anyone to try natural herbs! Very helpful… just have to give them time!
Kristine
I wrote on here Sept 13, 2010 and I keep checking back on this page because it really made an impact in my decision of going off the Humira injections. Since off them, I feel so much better. No more sweats, eye twitching, headaches but, I have been experiencing some dryness in my throat….not a smoker and no colds to report. I really have been feeling much better. My psoriasis has only been mild. My doc said, I could experience a flare up but, so far it’s mild, thank God! I have changed my diet to vegan type/no red meat only chicken/fish/turkey and I feel better. My arthritis hasn’t been bad like before either. I am SO GLAD I chose to take myself off the Humira!! Good luck to everyone on here! I’ll keep posting back in a couple of months.
Candace
I am 28 yrs old now. I have been on Humira for 3 yrs. When I first started the meds I was so very happy, my skin was clear with in one month and I was not long afraid to go to the pool in a swimsuite with my friends. Last year I was also diagnosed with diverticulitis and I noticed a bad cough and told my doctor, no problem.. put me on an inhailer for the cough and high fiber diet for diverticulitits. The cough kept on… during my check up with the derm she advised me to have my dr do a chest x-ray. The x-ray shows possibility of Pneumonia, I am now waiting to see a specialist to know for sure next Tuesday. What is going to happen to me? Short hospital visit more meds and ill be ok right? Im scared. Any advice?
mike
let me join in on the fun also……blood test came back positive twice for lupis and now there having me get checked for ms…but you know my skin got so nice…….embril for 2 years and humira for one year
Dean
Ive been taking humira for one year now gave me lots of energy but now. I have been getting head aches and also red spots on my legs that irratate me after reading to tell you the truth Im scared for my life family and baby what have I done should I be taking this drug just started getting a lump under my eye woundering if humira caused it same as the rash spots just in the last month before taking this drug I had days where I could barely walk up stairs without using my armes to pull me up wow don’t know what to do now.
mr m. moore
I have been on Embrel for a year and had many many days of headaches my doctor changed my med to ,wait for it you guessed it HUMIRA!!!!!! OH MY GOD! I THOUGHT I WAS DYING. Three months in and i have extreme fatugue,depression,sore throat,shortness of breath,coughing,headaches,joint pain,neck and back are the worse,developed rash (not psorias ) hot sweats,and now i have a nice lump on the left side of my neck also lost all taste, food is not very nice at all, i did forget to mention i have AS and psorias age 48 i feel as though i am 90 years old i wish never to have taken this med, my advice if needed PUT UP WITH THE PAIN !!!!!! Need to go to hospital soon to check out lump on my neck and the rash, i do love my family very much my wife is the best, think before you take any of the meds you could be ending your life.good luck to us all.
KL
I think People need to remember that this is a place to report NEGATIVE effects of the drug, hence not seeing any glowing reports of it working. I’m about to switch to Humira and found this page accidentially. After reading it I started to get worried but then I remember this is for NEGATIVE posts so don’t expect glowing sucess stories..I suggest trying one of the arthritis sites for find people this and other drugs have worked for, they far outweigh the number of people who suffered bad effects. The manufacturer does list all these possible side effects on the packaging.. Anyway, hopefully I dont have to return a post a negative reaction.
Cathy
Have Chrons for 3 years. Remicade did nothing. MP3 digave me shingles and Humaria gave me a rash on hands and legs. I am 5 and this is all new to me. Has anyone had this happen? They are now sending me to an oncologist for what may be an organ fungal infection. I have no support from my family. Any recommendations?
Off Humira now
I’ve had Crohns for about 26 years. I learned how to deal with it pretty well on my own. I learned what caused it to flare up, I learned what to do to calm it down when it flared up. I learned how to deal with everything but one constant was always very loose stool. Talking to my GI he decided Humira would be good for me, so I gave it a shot. Now as I said, I know how to control my Crohns, my only issue was the constantly loose stool. I am also a volunteer firefighter. After a little while on Humira (two months give or take) I could no longer control my body temperature. Once I got a little overheated I was done, my heart rate went way up, I could not cool down. Not a good thing to be experiencing when you are crawling into a house on fire to search for someone in the house! I had tingling in my fingers, developed corns on my feet, experienced fatigue and shortness of breath, experienced some swelling of various areas, and it affected my relations with my spouse romantically. I spoke to my GI, he suggested I not stop taking the Humira shots until the other medications he wanted to put me on (with a whole pile of other side effects, one of which I had already declined to take) could take effect. I stopped the Humira (about two months ago), and did not fill the other prescriptions. Two weeks ago I had a colonoscopy, it indicated that the Crohns had settled, there was lots of scarring, but the Ileum was constricted. Since stopping the Humira, I am able to control my body temperature again, my heart rate does not go through the roof during emergency scenes, the tingling in my hands has stopped, and I have no more swelling. It was reading through the comments on this site that made up my mind for me, especially after the look on my spouses face when I read a few of the stories to her. Good luck to everyone with their pain, their particular ailments and God Bless all!
Brad
I had taken Humira for approx 18 months when I noticed that a lymph node on the left side of my neck had progressed from “sore” to hard and dead. I had to have 4 lymph nodes removed and a salavary gland. The doctors thought I had cancer. Later it was determined that the nacrotic nymph node was killed by a fungus. I told them that I had Histoplasmosis as a child and that answered the mystery.
thomas
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Some guy
A WARNING. I was prescribed Humira and took the first months of shots. When I described the side effects I experienced to my dermatologist, he said and I quote “that’s all in your head”. I went off the drug and ditched him, and feel much better, with the side effects gone. Ditch Bad Doctors sooner rather than later.
Will
My mom was diagnosed with Agressive RA within the last year and Ive been doing reseach, very deep research, and Please Everyone, DO NOT take Humira, The doctors are trying to get her to take shots every week or every 2weeks and she has not gotten better at all. THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE WORSE THAN RA AND CAN LEAD TO CANCERS AND FUNGAL INFECTIONS. The only proven thing that has helped her 100% is Cannabis, Look into it and decide for yourself. Plant the Land.com
Anna
I’ve had Crohn’s for over 20 yrs.-4 major surgeries-and facing another in the coming weeks. Been on Humira for past couple of months- not impressed and worried after reading all this. I too have had developed red face bumps and scalp bumps, as well as red bumps on upper body-front and back. I also have weird rash on lower legs and extremely swollen feet and high blood pressure. Going to the GI tomorrow-very scared, overwhelmed and feeling really down.
chris
My daughter just started Humira. She has had 2 shots. I pray to God that it helps her. Remicade stopped working. She is only 11 and has been fighting Crohn’s since age 5. It scares me to think something terrible could happen. Say a prayer for her.
mindy
I just started Humira for my Crohn’s Disease my first 4 shots were on Sept 24th and I am due for my next 2 shots Oct 8th, I have had Crohns’s for 20 yrs now and have had 2 bowel resections, I am told I can not have anymore surgery. I have been on every drug there is for Crohn’s thank god I have great insurance, I have even done experimental drugs and nothing works but Prednisone. Right now I am on Methotrexate, Flagyl, prenisone, floic acid and the Humira. 4 days after my first 3 shots I came down with a bad sinus cold, runny nose sneezing coughing, flu like symptoms, I am still fighting it but now I am coughing up blood. The injections sites are still big red spots, I have major mood swings, tingling in my hand and feet, head rushes when I almost pass out, headaches, I am not sleeping and my husband has commented on how yellow my eyes are, the list goes on about how I am feeling.i have gone to the drs they say it has nothing do with the Humira,. What everyone has posted here scares me, I too have 2 children and want to grow old with them. I have been battling with this disease for so long, right now I am not working cause I just can’t get myself motivated or well enough to hold a steady job. I have been with my husband for 20 yrs so he has been through everything with me and he is great, he understands and is always reading up on my medications and my disease. I don’t have to say I wish someone knew how I felt cause after reading your posts you know how I feel cause some of you feel the same. I just dont know what to do stay on the Humira and give it time or get off and try something new???
dennis
I began taking Humira in the summer of 2009 for psoriasis and psoriatric. It worked like a charm. Within 3 weeks of my first injection, my skin was clear. In August 2010, I came down with a viral infection, then atypical pneumonia, then some bacterial issues, finally after almost all of the symptoms of these problems had dissipated, I became incrtedibly short of breathe. I could not walk three steps without needing a rest. I was hospitalized for several days. The physicians (Internal Medicine & Pulmonologists) could find nothing, in particular. They concluded, however, that the immune suppression qualities of Humira led to the series of problems. I have now been off Humira for two months and have still not regained my strength or full lung capacity. But I do feel much, much better than the morning I was admitted to the hospital. It is “adios” to Humira for me.
richard
I have been taking methotrexate and Humira for two years. I was diagnosed with AS in 1992 and the drug initially helped me get my life back. Within a few months I developed a rash on my buttocks that stumped doctors. A biopsy revealed “chronic” eczema, seemed odd as it had NEVER been present. When I questioned the dermatologist, rheumatologist and primary care physicians they were uninterested or unwilling to connect it to the medications. Two years later I am still dealing with the rash and subsequent biopsies have diagnosed pre-cancerous lesions that have spread internally. Still, my physicians evade any connection and seem irritated by informed questions. I never thought of this in legal terms but if I read another financial story about “blockbuster” earnings from tnf medications I see why doctors are evasive about a connection. This is human life and suffering we are discussing; guess it is worth less these days. I trusted them and now feel like I was played, legal action may be the only action the medical and pharmaceutical industries are willing to respond too. For many it’s too little too late, I am sorry to hear of the suffering and losses many of you have endured. That stated, sharing your stories may help to create more balance in this equation and redefine this issue. Perhaps a fraction of these “blockbuster” earnings could be re-directed to increased awareness in the medical and patient communities about the clear risks involved rather than a trial & error approach, seemingly in use at present.
Angie
My husband started taking Humira in April 2008. He gave himself his last Humira injection on June 30th around 7pm. He had a massive stroke aroud 4am the following morning. Looking back this drug has caused him so many more problems than he started with; neck pain for no reason, ringing in the ears, fatigue, no energy at all, etc…the list goes on right up until his stroke. The dermatologist made this sound like a miracle drug for my husband’s psoriasis and would help his psoriatic arthritis also so we didn’t question the Humira. I have also found that Humira was given a “black box” warning around September 2009 which is the harshest warning that a drug is given. This drug has changed our lives. I have learned to investigate drugs more thoroughly no matter what the doctor says or does not say.
Tiffany
Ok…after going to the Dr. they just confirmed an outbreak of shingles.Oh my, a prescription for Valtrex and a topical cream was prescribed. Has anyone else gotten a rash or Shingles from Hunira???Also, my liver enzymes are 107 and the normal range is 0-40. My liver panel was fine the day I took the first shot at Vanderbilt. I am worried.
southerbell
I have been on Humira since Feb of this year, Yes i have had side effects but with what drug do you not… I’m on it for Psorias and Psor Arths. I have never felt as good as I have with the Humira injections.. I was told at the age of 15 that I had psorias and that there is no cure for it.. I am now 31 and my skin has never looked this good and I am able to play softball again with out any pain. The Key to sucess with any drug like this is to be up front and honest and not take NO for an answer from your MD.. Keep asking questions until you get the answer’s that you are looking for. Make them do test after test.. I know for me my MD has me doing Blood work and X-rays every 3 months. I have read what has been posted here and yes it’s sad and my heart goes out to everyone who has lost a loved one or had complications. I wish you all the best..
Isidro M.
I have been on Humira since March 2010 I really haven’t experience anything out of the normal, except that I recently had blood work and my liver test came elavated!!! Idk what to do the dr. was suppose to call me back last week and I have heard nothing, though I know one day my day will come but I don’t want it to come soon I’m only 23 and I would love to one day have a family of my own, does anyone know what this means or what kind of dr I should go see???
sandy
I have AS and went on Humira for one year and it initially helped. well since taking this drug my life has been hell. I have had chronic fungal and Klebsiella infections and am undergoing testing because I have a mass on my right hip. I am currently unable to work bc of this drug. Humira and other TNFs need to be pulled off of the market. I am scared because my immune system has not been the same since I took this drug. I am very concerned that this mass is cancer because I have all of the signs like fatigue, night sweats, itching etc. Whatever you do, do not take an anti-TNF drug.
Marcie
Just like you, Kimberly…have been on Humira for about a year and recently started experiencing widespread pain. Had blood tests, urine tests, EKG for chest pain…nothing abnormal except some bacteria in my urine. Treated for a UTI. In so much pain today, landed on this site, and will be calling my Dermatologist tomorrow. I’m sure I’m done with this medicine…don’t like the annoyance of psoriasis, but my life is more important.
Tiffany
Today WOULD HAVE BEEN shot #4. No way. Are you kidding me???I have RA and several other diagnosed auto-immune dieases. I was on Methotrexate successfully for years. IM .06cc per week. Took the first shot of Humira on 8/30/10 in the Dr.’s office. Hurt terribly. I felt “weird” instantly. Immediately EVERYTHING was dry…My mouth, lips,cuticles, and EYES. I wore sunglasses in the house because the son was way too bright and so were lamps and lights. On 9/18/10 I took shot #2. I was late because the prescription red tape took and extra week. I also started taking Celebrex because on 8/19/10 I had a Endoscope that revealed I had peptic ulcers from Diflonec a NSAID I had taken for years. I started having BAD stomach problems in 2009. The Celebrex/Humira combo ALMOST killed me!!!! No more drugs! Plaqinil is off limits till I get my eyes checked out..This drug is VERY dangerous. I am a 41 year old mom to 5 great kids who watched their mom’s world implode while taking the combo of Humira and Celebrex. Long story short on today 9/26/10 I am jobless, sick, can’t breathe (on Doxy anti-botic for 10 days) due to an unknown infection,spent hell of Dr’s “rolling their eyes of my dystonic behavior thinking it was mental problems..The dirty laundry list should have ended with fainting and almost totaling my car to the tune of $7,800. I passed out and missed a semi by inches. Jesus took the whell praise the Lord. I was depressed and my heart raced to the beat of 125-135 for DAYS.My 110/70 blood pressure went to 148/111.I could not swallow and could only eat yogurt and soup so I lost weight unessaraily.Then the doc thru on Baclofen for Acalysia (sp) and I was preoccupied with death because I just KNEW I was going to die anyday. I will suffer with my illness but believe me I COULD WRITE A BOOK about what happened to me with just 3 shots. Please read ALL the things on this and Celebrex before making a huge decision to inject yourself with a relatively NEW drug. I am CERTAIN it was Humira coupled with Celebrex that almost killed me.The FDA needs to SEE US whose life’s I hope will return to normal and survived. I have fear that my “pnuemonia” like symptoms are just beginning after reading only minutes. I am Horrified.
Kimberly
wow i’m scared now….I’ve been on Humira since may 2010 for Crohns disease i’ve had all these tests done an the medicine is not working so they up my shots to 2 ever other week an since they up my dose i have really weak arms, pain all over my body, i have a bone growth like a knot in my wrisp an now my lymph nodes by my ear is enlarged. I show the warnings about this drug before i started it but i didn’t realize there would be this many command complaints on it……..I’m calling my doctor tomorrow i’ve taken my last dose…….surgery sounds a heck of a lot better then another problem. Good luck to all
Kristine
I am currently on Humira and also have been on Enbrel in the past for Psoriasis and Psor Arthritis. After reading your comments here and with months of my own thoughts, I am not going to take my next Humira shot and just deal with my disease holistically from now on. This stuff is scary and I really don’t feel any better on it anyway. I often wonder if it’s making my disease worse. I did find a tip from Steve on here to read The China Study. I ordered the book and so far I find it very interesting and a great read for anyone with a chronic condition. Good luck to all of you out there.
Anthony
I have Crohn’s, Humira scared the hell out of me, I will just try homeopathy and medical MJ when I get my patient ID. Body is a great machine, it works wonders if you give it the right ingredients but chemical drugs kill!
Elle
I started Humira on the night of the september 8th after postponing it since I last saw my NEW Rheumatologist. I have had RA for about 3 years now and it is never great because I seem to have reactions to almost every medication that they have given me. The NEW Rheumy has taken over my old ones practice and I just met him for the first time. He added the Humira to my Plaquenil and LA Morphine, hoping to wean me off of the narcotics I think…His comment was he thought I still had “room for improvement” after he did his exam. I was very leary and so I read all of the materials and decided to go ahead with the shots and monitor it closely. Here is what happened within the next couple of hours…I took the shot at 8pm and no problem the pen worked like a charm, about an hour later I started to feel very nauseated, but it was more like I needed to eat something, over the next hour I started to get sweats and hot flashes. these continued all night and all the next day. Today I think they seem to be better, but now I am having stomach and chest tightness, almost like my whole mid section is swollen and I just don’t feel good at all. I feel like when I get up and move around I get the same sweaty feeling that comes back and I feel like I need to go back to bed again. Well I called my Dr. and he said to stop the Humira, but I also called Abbott and they were very accomodating and had me speak with a RN to take down all of my side effects. They said will be conferring with my Doc at some point. They said it was not typical “side effects” that lead to a reaction to the medication, but it might be more of a rejection, so they think it is more like my system was trying to reject the drug, whatever that means? I do want to say they were very nice and took a lot of time to go over everything with me in detail. I will not be taking anymore TNF’s I think they are do or die drugs and I can get by with the pain and suffering without these type of problems!!!
. D Bradley
After being put on Humira for sever psoirisis I have been in a living hell with swollen feet sever arthritus (side effect) in witch I never had in the past so bad I have a hard time using my hands and feet. Entire body stiffness to the point of being bed ridden for two and three day,s at a time. Depression and the loss of my home,cars,stock,employment and above all 29 years of marrage almost down the drain because of attempted suicide. At $5,000.00 a month for injections to go threw this it is not right when money is more important than one,s health and well being.
kevin
Does anyone use Humira for RA recently, my doctor suggest this shot. After some reading, it’s scared to death.
anonymous
Been on Humira 1 month. Developed rash. Found Website. F*%$ this S%#$ going off of Humira.
John
My wife started taking Humira sometime last summer, maybe futher back i dont remember for her psoriasis. She developed double phunmonia in the summer and it took 8 weeks to get rid of it. The dermatologist then switched her to enbrel because the humira was not helping.after taking that for a couple of months the dematologist switched her to stillara. I forgot she was on anti depressants at this time for stress caused by work.In Febuary of this year she started having anxsiety attacks so she saw a phsyciatrist who gave her klonopin. It did not help but she quit taking both around the end of Feb. first of March. I have been unemployed off an on last year and this and we thought it was causing her attacks. She got better the in April she had what appeared to doctors as a stroke, at first. Then she went for an mri and they came back and said no she had brain cancer. I was like WTF. she had no syptoms of any cancer before and all test run for it was neg. but they scared us into radiation treatments . Thank God we only did 3. She seemed to get better i got a job which required me to travel and at the end of the job I get a call that my wife was being driven to her moms house because she cant see(depth perception) can not walk and is sluring her speech.We get an appointment with a nuroligst at emery in atlanta. And she does an mri we wait 2 days for results and when she calls I am told to get her to the hospital the mass in her head has grown. They tell me its either lymphoma or a virus. they do more mri’s blood work.They dont know what it is. My wifes symptoms worsen kinda when her face goes numb. Finnally. they did a brain biopsy last week and said it is multifocal leucoencephalopathy. An incurable virus called jc caused this and it is caused by being immunesuppressed by all the drugs they gave her.Articles that i have read says a 1 month to 12 months to live. If this happens I will try to start a class action law suit towards theses co. or join one or do it myself. they never told her about this. they said it could have bad side effects but not kill her. She is 50 and was in perfect health.I blame the doctors to,and I want to sue them
Natasha
Continue… Just wanted to let you all know that after my husband quit taking the medicine, 9 weeks later he started walking again. One week later he had complete feeling again. His MD, psychologist, psychiatrist, neurologist all say it was in fact his humira that caused the condition. However, his rehumatologist is trying to tell him to start the medication again to see if the symptoms appear again. He is insane. This drug ALMOST took my husband away from me and our 4 year old daughter. For those of you who say this is a miracle drug for you and you believe it should stay, I just any you to know that that is what you say now. My husband took this and it helped tremendously, but it also took control over his body. It gave him seizures, paralyzed him on his right side, caused him to quit working because he couldn’t walk or use his hand, took his license away, caused him to have memory loss and depression… Imagine waiting 10 long weeks paralyzed, in unable to control your brain waves, and being in tremendous pain until the drug gets out of your system. Would you still take the risk then?! After his 10 weeks when his rehumatologist tried to get him to retake it and we denied, he then told us Humira works just the same as ibuprofen and lordtabs. Why not start off with just that??????? These doctors don’t even know what this drug can do. Why should they prescribe it? I am trying to sue Humira for the almost 2 million dollar hospital bill and for pain and suffering, but am having a horrible time finding a lawyer. If you know of one, please let me know!
Linda
I am on Humira, started January this year. I have crohns disease. Every injection fortnightly I have a different reaction, from swollen ankles, pain in joints, numb fingers, pain all over body. The last two injection cycles, i have devloped a rash, on my neck and chest, down my arms, on my legs, it feels like bad sunburn, then eases to an irritating rash. I was tested for lupus, ANA 1:320, but the specialist says not lupus even with this result, wants me to keep taking it. I told her I am very very tired, I can hardly do anything, I am struggling to get thru each day, I sleep like the dead, I have had countless fungal sinus infections, in march I had to have sinus surgery to unblock the infection and I also feel like an old woman, I feel like my life is over, I dont even know how I can get up each day and come to work. I am 57, have had crohns diagnosed for 15 years, and have had complications from the crohns, i also have multiple allergies. At times I am not sure if I am getting depressed or I just want to give up, it is just too hard to continue and I dont know what the options are as I am allergic to most drugs.
julie
Well, you can add me to the list of people affected by this poison. I’ve had crohns disease for six years, and had my first bowel resection in January of 2009. After that i was put on remicade infusions, which caused painful joint pain, but i had to stay on it for over a year because its the only thing that took away the joint pain (weird, i know) after it stopped working, I was put on Humira (about 3 months ago) I started developing a bad skin problem on my face. It kind of looked like a butterfly rash, so i went to a doc yesterday and asked for the test.I got an ANA bloodtest and it came back positive for Lupus. she said not to panic yet, that it could be a false positive or something else. i will have to get further tests run, but i know it is Lupus. I have the rash, memory loss, some blurred vision, fatigue and other symptoms as well. so now, not only do i have to deal with crohns complications, now i will have to deal with Lupus complications. I can’t wait to get the extreme joint pain back again. Probably end up back on prednisone, and we all know how wonderful that is. This Humira is poison, and if i find out for sure that i do have Lupus, i will definitely join the cause to bring a lawsuit against this company. I am furious and very scared. I am only 38 years old. any chance at a love life is certainly out of the question now. i feel like an old woman.
Lisa
I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis on 4-19-10. By the time I started Humira on 7-2-10 my life was a horror of pain and disability. Without high doses of steroids I was unable to move let alone walk. I am well aware of all the dangerous side effects of this drug and I may well end up with some of the problems I’ve read about on this page. I may die from a side effect. But it is MY INFORMED DECISION. My fear that a drug that has truly been a miracle for me will be taken away or stop working is actually stronger than my fear of the possible side effects. Some of you feel that it should be removed from the shelf. I think making sure patients are fully aware of the risks is the answer here, not taking it away from people who’s live would be a living hell without it.
Pam
Hi to all of you. I have been praying all day that God send me an answer to my debate of whether to continue the Humira or not. I started Enbrel in May because my AS had gotten so bad that I couldn’t get out of bed on my own or dress myself. To my amazement, it helped me after the first shot. My pain was gone and even my awful hairloss had subsided. Then after a few shots it stopped working so my Dr. put me on Humira in Feb. I did great up until about 3 injections and then the pain started coming back. So guess what? My dr increases the shots to 1x a week. So I have been taking them now every week now and I feel like I am dying! My pain is back, my spine is burning, I feel so funny in my head, my chest hurts, my eyes burn, and all my hair is falling out in handfuls. When I talked to my dr he dismisses everything. He even made jokes regarding my hairloss. Needless to say, I am waiting to get into another rheumy on Aug. 16. I am so depressed, in so much pain, cannot turn my head, my eyes burn,I have trouble concentrating, memory loss, cannot make bowel movements, cannot sleep, unable to work, and just feel like I am dying. I cry all the time and have panic attacks. When I look back at photos just a few months ago I looked alive and now I look so bad. I posted my story on a AS forum that I belong to and was attacked and told that I was “scaring people” who want to take Humira. I thought, my God I would want to know. I am not taking any more of the shots and just waiting out the pain until I get into a new dr. I sure can’t deal with anything else right now and reading these stories just breaks my heart. We are fighting for our lives and being told this is all in our head is not acceptable. I have a 7 year old that I want to watch grow up. I am scared of the progession of AS but I am also afraid of fatal consequences from this drug. I am glad that I still have the mentality to research and look for answers and hope. I also find it strange that this $4000 drug is being paid for by a secondary source from the manufacturing and I only have to pay $5…seems to good to be true, right? I would love to correspond with anyone who is going through the same thing. Hugs and prayers to all.
Debby
This has really scared me. I have had Crohn’s since Jan 2000 and have been on Humira for almost 2 years. Nothing else was owrking for me and when I started this, it was like I had been given my life back. I felt great. But over the last 6 months or so, I haven’t been feeling too well and have had constant bleeding everytime I go to the toilet. I have numbness and tingling in my finger tips on the left hand, a small lump has appeared behind my right ear which is like a little cyst, I have some memory loss which is quite upsetting because I used to have a brilliant memory. When I mention these things to the dr’s, they brush my fears aside and treat me as though I’m stupid. I also started getting breathless with slight exertion, along with a slight tightening feeling in my chest. I was referred to the hospital and tests showed that I have some heart damage. The doctor told me it was well known that regular Crohn’s flare ups and the medications used cause heart damage – but no-one ever told me that! I told my Gastro consultant that I felt worse after taking the Humira and that I would like to stop taking it. I’m also taking Methotextrate as I have Crohn’s related Arthritis. Instead of stopping the Humira, he increased it from once a fortnight to once a week. I did this for 3 weeks and I haven’t taken anymore for the last 2 weeks. They made me feel so nauseus and headachy. I don’t feel any worse for not taking it – at the moment. After reading all the responses on here, I’m scared of what might happen now I’m not taking it. We place our faith and help in doctors and now it looks like they have failed us. I have just turned 50 and I was hoping to live at least another 50 years. Here’s hoping I make it!! Good luck to everyone who has posted their personal accounts here, I wish you all well as I do for myself. Some of you have or are suffering far more than me and through you I have realised that things could be much worse. I count my blessings that hopefully, I am not too late to do something about it and avoid getting worse. God bless. I really hope some wonderful lawyer will see these postings and offer to help you fight back – for justice.
Betty
I just had my first injection of Humira 5 days ago and have had no side affects I actually feel pretty good and can walk with no trouble.I’ll take my chance with Humira as I would rather be living life then laying around in pain.I choose to live life while I can you only have one life.
Jan
OMG!!! I have psoriasis and went to a NEW doctor about 10 days ago. I am having trouble controlling psoriasis mostly on my left side, under my breasts and in the groin area. Sometimes in my ear and eyelids. The doctor said that because I have psoriasis in “multiple” areas, I would be eligible for Humira. Because I was exposed to TB when I was an infant and about 10 years ago (and on RX for 6 months) they took a TB test. That test was negative. Then I received a call from Humira about me being approved for the drug. Because I wasn’t on a Federally Funded Medical Insurance Plan, the cost of the drug would be $2.00 per months. This sounded very, very strange to me. I can tell you that after reading all of the above comments, I will definately be passing on this drug as I have no desire to develop some of the illnesses stated above. I actually feel fortunate that all that I have is psoriasis. God Bless the internet and the easy access to other consumer experiences. Good luck to those who are having issues with this drug. My heart goes out to you. For me, I will find another way to live with this problem.
Evelyn
I took my last shot on July 16, 2010. I am due to take another one this coming Friday but have decided to get off of the medicine after what I read here. I wish I would have found this site sooner. I hope it isn’t too late. Thank everyone for posting & my sympathy goes to each & every one of you for any loss you have experienced. Humira should be removed by the FDA.
Tina
I developed RA 1 month after I gave birth to my daughter back in 1997. After about a year on prednisone and constant pain and swelling, I went on Humira when it first hit the market. My daughter is about to turn 13 years old, and without my Humira shots, I would be bedridden, crippled, and contracted by now. Humira has been my wonder drug. I have a joint or two that flare once in a while, but nothing that I can’t live with. I thank Abbott for the years I have had so far being able to work and especially to have this time with my daughter.
Natasha
I KNEW IT! My husband was diagnosed with AS in Dec 2009 and began taking indomethosin (?) which made his lungs start to collapse and have daily diarrhea 3+ times a day (30 days) Last week of January ’10, he began taking Humira. Feb 23 ’10, he grabbed his chest and kept sayiing (slowly, somewhat like he was confused) that his chest was iced cold. I thought he was having a panic attack becasue at the time we were stressing for money. Later that day I took him to the hospital because he became totally disoriented. He was having symptoms of a stroke: had completely no feeling all over his body, did not respond to pain, noise, and he also didnt even know who I was (his wife) or his daughter was. He snapped out of it 2-3 hours later but was hospitalized for over a month. He ran up a 1.5 million dollar hospital bill that all came back normal. halfway through his hospital visit, he had to go to a rehab facility because he couldn’t move his right arm or right leg. They guessed that all of his symptoms were due to a stroke but was not seen on multiple MRIs. While at the rehab, he began having pseudoseizures which eventually landed him back into the hospital. His reumo told his MD to quit the humira even though it couldn’t cause strokes, but the MD never gave us that message. His neurologist diagnosed him with conversion disorder caused by stress. It made since to me until a month and a half ago, I came home from work to him being put in an ambulance car becasue he had another seizure. His magnessium level was 0. He didn’t even have one. After those seizure episodes, he had no feeling over his entire body. And if he really had conversion disorder, he would have had to have a seizure if he was stressed out. He was sitting at home, by himself, watching tv, with not a care in the world to bother him. I am so stupid to not have looked up this medication back then when he first went to the hospital. But I was told by the doctors (which who I had trusted) that humira was not the cause. Currently, he has complete numbness all on his right side of his body. His right arm is no longer paralized, but his right foot will not let him walk. He just drags it or uses crutches, and sometimes a wheel chair. He quit the medication about 5-6 weeks ago. If his foot comes back, I’m getting a lawyer for medical malpractice. Oh, and I forgot to mention, he is extremely sensitive. I don’t know if its all the anti depressants they have him on, but he is a total different person now. Also, if he doesn’t have any feeling, he has a tingling feeling.
Gregory
My mother-in-law had RA and was taking Humira. She developed flu like symptoms. She was hospitalized July 4, 2010. After 2 weeks she was finally diagnosed Histoplasmosis and Epstein Barr Virus among other ailments. But it was too late, her liver deteriorated to the point she bled out. She died July 22,2010 of liver failure while in the OR. She was only 62. My warming is that THERE IS NO WARNING! These symptoms can progress from routine to deadly in three weeks. Be careful.
Sue
I have PA and was almost totally housebound. I have been on Humira for 2 years and have not had any issues with it. I have labs done frequently and this medication appears to work very well for me. I’m sorry to hear everyone’s sad stories. Not every medicine works for everyone. Hopefully you will all find something that works for you. I just hope and pray that I can stay healthy and that I don’t get any of the side effects mentioned, although the benefit of the drug outweighs the risk for me at this time.
Edmund
Why do we let people get tested on? I though human testing was illegal yet since the late 80’s the FDA has essentially approved “human testing.” Humira, Remicade and antidepressants all seem to be used to work miracles. Do they? In our rush for gold, and with our corporate dominated culture we have compromised the value of developing trust. I see it when I visit the Dr. and his office is strewn with corporate freebies. I see it when I read about the profits of drug companies. Abbot has sent me numerous advertisement pieces that are expensive to produce yet contain a huge list of side affects and adverse reactions. The doctors and abbot are pressing me to take humira in a way that astounds me. Its a full court press. My doctors never talk about holistic or natural things I can take or incorporate into my life. They never discuss lifestyle. Its as if the entire system of trust between doctor and patient has been hijacked by corporations and quick fixes at the patients costly expense. Add to this the games played by insurers and you have a very toxic combination of greed and the callous diminishing of humanity. No wonder Americans are stressed and feeling betrayed. Who can we trust to help us except our own God. I am a sufferer of Crohn’s disease. 25 years of it. I recently went to the Mayo clinic and they recommended surgery after which a course of humira! I returned home and Abbot had already sent me two very glossy pieces of mail hailing the benefits of humira. That alone made me suspicious. I wish we had more advocates and promoters of the notion “trust before treatment”
Nagster
I am sorry to hear about all those sad stories too. I am on methotrexate as well with Humira and cholesteral drugs. I am doing fine. I take 8 metho on Saturdays and inject everyother week and I am a smoker. I am 49 and prefer no pain. I work two jobs and one of which is heavy gardening so my hands want to fall off all the time. Fortunately for me Humira is a wonder drug and at my age I look at it as “I would rather not be in pain then worry about every thing that I am going to get”. Life is a fate in which god has planned for all of us and there is no changing that so as they say “Don’t sweat the small stuff”. You only get one life and I choose to live it while I can.
CBendell
Hi everyone, I am also very sad to hear about all of the side affects you have all been experiencing. I was taking Methotrexate for my RA for 4 months. I had RA test and CCP which were off the charts high, so the Dr. started me on an aggressive dosage. It was working beautifully for me. Best I felt in 3 years (how long it took to find out what was wrong with me). However, my liver enzymes increased because I am also taking Crestor for high chol and trigl. So my RA doc took me off Metho and told me he wanted me to start taking either Enbrel or Humiera. I could choose which I wanted to try because they, in his words….work the same and have similar side effects and possible problems. he told me that the liver is not effected the same as with metho as with these TNF drugs. But according to a couple of comments here, it possibly has cause them problems with their liver. This stuff is no joke, I was going to give it a try for 3 months then re access. However,looks like THAT will be long enough to cause serious reactions and even death. NO THANK YOU!! Thanks everyone for sharing your horror stories, you have probably just saveed 2 lives. My oldest sister also has RA and was about to start Humiera also, but I’m sure she will not after I send this link to her! C.BENDELL
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