Crohn’s Disease: Is the Cold Chain Hypothesis Still Hot?

Re:Crohn’s Disease: Is the Cold Chain Hypothesis Still Hot? by toastyCheese on Sunday December 05, 2021 @06:41PM (#29454489)

I have a mild case of Crohn's. My doctor has put me on Humira and it is a miracle drug. Ever since starting the medicine I have been in remission (5+ years).

I find staying active and eating healthy diets also really helps.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Crohn’s Disease: Is the Cold Chain Hypothesis Still Hot? by epgui on Sunday December 05, 2021 @06:50PM (#29454555)

Biochemist with CD here (taking adalimumab + 6-mercaptopurine), this is the best advice.

There's no curing it, the best you can do is take the treatment and be as healthy and active as you can generally! Kudos.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Crohn’s Disease: Is the Cold Chain Hypothesis Still Hot? by killjoywashere on Sunday December 05, 2021 @06:48PM (#29454542)

Humira covers a lot of ground in auto-immune disease. toastyCheese is not exagerating to call it a miracle drug, but it is not the only miracle drug. There are other anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies, such as Rituxan, so don't get overly fixated on just one brand name.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Crohn’s Disease: Is the Cold Chain Hypothesis Still Hot? by epgui on Sunday December 05, 2021 @06:53PM (#29454580)

This space is moving extremely quickly, and there are a bunch of other targets with drugs currently on the market or under investigation and showing results. I have to say the progress in recent years has been extremely exciting.

[ Parent | on HN ]