Today, it was announced that Humira can be used for people
with ulcerative colitis (inflammatory bowel disease). Although, I do not suffer
from colitis but from Crohn’s I am happy now more patients will have access to
a drug that has really helped me (no pain since June!). Perhaps the
post I did back in August maybe persuaded the FDA! The panel decision of
15-2 made it pretty clear that the drug should be approved. As I said in that
post the FDA really has no business telling patients with chronic diseases what
drugs they should or should not use. Often these patients have more and better
knowledge than bureaucrats.
Humira is an $8
billlion drug that is already used for things like Crohn’s, psoriatic
arthritis, anklosing spondylitis, plaque psoriasis, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
I hope the drug is approved for more uses (I have a feeling Humira could help
other autoimmune diseases not sure which ones though). Humira is pretty simple
to use. You can go onto the forums and other blogs that describe how scary it
is but it is a piece of cake (especially if you have gone through a horrible disease
like Crohn’s or ulcerative colitis). The injection stings a little bit and
really just feels like you banged your skin against something hard. I put band
aids over where I inject it to be safe and ripping off the band-aid hurts more
than the Humira injection! Today makes a day we have improved the world just a
little bit more.
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