Humira v Imraldi

[minxy1960]

Switched onto a biosimilar of Humira (adalimumab)? Please give your feedback if any,I'm interested to see the percentage of people that have changed and everything is going fine for you. Can it be agreeing with everyone? Or is there a few out there it's not going swimmingly with .

I have RA the past 8 years , not quite a veteran, when do you become a veteran ? I been on a few treatments Humira was working fine .Imraldi not so great on . Now switching back to Humira .

For my own personal piece of mind is there anyone out there been the same . Gentle hugs to you all x Angie x

[warthog100]

Yes I was the same Humira worked well, imraldi made me feel ill, just wasn't the same, back on Humira. Its better but the messing around didn't help so a few flares but hoping it all settles down again shortly. Hope its the same for you

[warthog100 in reply to warthog100]

Yes, I found the same, good to be back on Humira but flared up for a few weeks, fingers crossed settling down again now.

So hard to explain to others! Glad you were able to return to H.

[Peejay64]

Hi minxy1960 - you will see I posted about the same issue a week ago.. I will be back on Humira in a couple of weeks ...when I get the supply...hoping to get back on track very soon....Imraldi not good for me...good luck

[charisma]

Hi Angie

I see others have had the same experience.

It makes me wonder the switch from Humira was made. Wondering because I am preparing to begin Humira myself. DMARDs just not suiting after 3 yrs 6months on one after another.

Hope you get some encouragement from others who have had RA/biosimilars longer!

[Jaybird]

so pleased to see your post, I have been on Humira for almost11years, changed my life, have had RA for 17 years, now on Imraldi not feeling good at all, although I have only had two shots thought I should give it a few more weeks, but after reading your post and the replies, perhaps I to will beg to go back on to Humira.. Many thanx

[warthog100 in reply to Jaybird]

Glad it was useful to you. Such a shame to mess people around. Hope you get back to Humira again.

[Tizzyliz67]

I loved Humira, I mean as much as you can love a drug. Took it for a few years then had numbness in my face and had to stop. I would really like to try it again, but doctors won’t allow me. It’s great you can use it.

[Paula-C]

Im on enbrel and I was told I was going to switch, I objected to switching and put it in writing and I've been told I haven't got to switch, I'm still worried thought that eventually I will be told I've got to go on a biosimilar. I've read so many post from people who were doing well on enbrel and switched and it had gone pear shaped, starting to flare and experiencing side effects.

It looks like the same is happening with humira now. I hoping that in the near future the powers that be realise that switching someone already established and doing well on a orginal isn't a good idea, or the manufactures of the orginal drugs will bring the price down to compete with the biosimilar drugs now on the market.

There is not a medication that suits everyone, we end up on different meds at different doses. The illness effects us all differently and it's trial and error to find the right meds to suit an individual, it's such a complexed illness to have, that's why all our medication is initially prescribed by our consultants. So if they finally get someone on a combination of drugs that works well then why start to mess with it. It's a very fine balancing act to get someone in remission.

[Loura]

Hi all. Just from reading your posts, could you please try to sum up how imraldi made you feel, in terms of symptoms that were not present when on Humira. I've been taking imraldi for several months now. Can't say I feel horrendous following injecting, but I do notice that I get frequent headaches and a weird after taste.

[warthog100 in reply to Loura]

Imraldi made me feel generally unwell for a few days after taking it, whereas Humira doesn't affect me at all. I didn't feel any benefit when taking Imraldi in factc symptoms were worse whereas Humira seems to help.

[BigglesVII]

Glad to hear its not just me. I was on Humira for a couple of years without issues. Hospital asked me to try Imraldi about 4 months ago and I have been on it since. I've been having tremendous trouble sleeping, I'm always tired. The first few days after an injection I feel noticeably achy on my affected joints. After that its fine for around 5 days and then I start feeling achy again until a few days after the next injection. Before I started Humira I was bed ridden unable to walk and whilst its no where near as bad its does reduce how far I can walk before I need to rest, something that didn't happen on Humira. At first I just thought I had to wait for the Imraldi to take effect properly but its been a while now and nothings got better. I've reached out to the hospital to switch back just waiting for a call tomorrow.