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Idacio biologic - here I come! ๐Ÿคž

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Morning peeps ๐Ÿ™‚

Update on my appointment regarding changing meds...

I went to hospital yesterday morning and my clinical team have decided to try me on a different biologic injection - keeping everything else the same: methotrexate and sulphasalazine. The one I was offered was Idacio (biosimilar to Humira apparently) but 'exactly the same as Adalimumad'. I asked why I should have this particular one and she suggested it 'was the next best one to Cimzia'. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ The clinical nurse, who I saw, said I had to be tested for Hepatitis B and TB before she could put the application forward, so to speed things up, I had to shoot over to a different hospital (40 minutes away) for a blood test. Because you generally have to book them now and it can take weeks for an appointment, she said that she'd put urgent stickers all over my form so that I could get it done that day, but it had to go through by midday! She also gave me 2 steroid injections because she could see how much pain I was in...whether they'll work ๐Ÿคžthey don't usually, but never say never. So, for now I carry on with Cimzia, rather than stopping, because with everything going on with Covid, who knows how long it will take. I also have to wait for a nurse to be with me when I first inject - all being well with the application. I asked what time would have to be between Cimzia and Idacio and she said -only 2 weeks - so thats not too bad.

Has anybody had any experience with Idacio? Any advice would be fab - thank you ๐Ÿ™‚

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Do hope that this will all be sorted out for you very soon and you can just get on with living life as best you can.๐Ÿฅฐ

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Thanks ๐Ÿ˜Š

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So pleased your new meds have been agreed on and hope that they arrive quickly and start to work for you. Gail x

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Moomin8โ€ข in reply toSummerrain14

Morning ๐Ÿ™‚ They have applied...we'll have to wait and see. Meantime, I carry on with my current biologic ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ

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Moomin8

They don't hang about round here! I had a phone call from Homecare today to say my meds (Idacio pens) are arriving this Wednesday and the nurse is visiting this Friday!! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ That's only just over a week from consultantation to now! Two weeks from consultation, blood test to actually starting meds!

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