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GPV

(73,030 posts) Tue Jul 20, 2021, 07:38 PM Jul 2021

Anyone here on a biologic? Doc is telling me Stelara is the next stop if current

ulcerative colitis treatments remain ineffective.

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Anyone here on a biologic? Doc is telling me Stelara is the next stop if current (Original Post) GPV Jul 2021 OP

Simponi JustAnotherGen Jul 2021 #1

My wife went on Stelara after 10+ successful years with Colgate 64 Jul 2021 #2

JustAnotherGen

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1. Simponi

Reply to GPV (Original post)

Tue Jul 20, 2021, 07:54 PM

Jul 2021

For Ankylosing Spondylitis and IBS symptoms. Working much better than Enbrel.

Colgate 64

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2. My wife went on Stelara after 10+ successful years with

Reply to GPV (Original post)

Tue Jul 20, 2021, 10:34 PM

Jul 2021

Remicade stopped working. She used it for about 18 months. Aside from being tremendously expensive the results were very disappointing. Fortunately we convinced her GE to put her on Entyvio. Works much, much better for UC. You may want to asky your GE to consider it instead.

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