Remicade + Swine Flu

Okay, So I just found out a kid at the preschool I work at has the Swine Flu...


I'm on Remicaid and worried... If you are or if you were on Remicaid... would YOU be nervous about working in the small school where someone had swine flu??

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Kara, 22 female Married. Diagnosed at 19 after a yr of tests.

Previously- Lialda 2 twice a day. Left Sided Colitis 40cm up...flare. Also IBS.

 

Latest: Had 1st Remicade infusion on 07/30/09 and 2nd 08/13/09, 3rd 09/08/09, next scheduled on 11/3/09. Haven't been on Lialda since 2nd infusion! Formed stools...usually 1 or 2 a day :D Any problems are due to IBS.
Medications:Remicade, Protonix
I am so sick of this disease!

I've got to say that over the last four years, the folks in my office have been very sick (and I mean the same folks over and over) and some years I have gotten the average flu, not sure what to expect this year, but I would suggest getting your flu shot. The colds have been going around and I've yet to get it; and also been traveling via plane quite a bit lately and haven't gotten anything. The Swine vaccine is not out here in the Sacramento, CA area yet, but when it does show up, I plan to get it. Just remember to wash those hands, keep your hands away from the nose and mouth.

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Carol

Remicade - will have my 30th infusion on September 2 

Vitamin B-12/Biotin, Probiotics, Vitamin D-3 (2000 IU)

Co-Moderator for the UC Forum

I had the swine flu back in the 70's -- I lost 20 or more lbs. and was very sick for weeks to the point of hallucinations. Please check with your doctor to make sure he/she thinks it's right for you.

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Carol

Remicade - will have my 30th infusion on September 2 

Vitamin B-12/Biotin, Probiotics, Vitamin D-3 (2000 IU)

Co-Moderator for the UC Forum

I would get it. It might be too late for you, though, I don't know if it takes a while to take effect.

We think it might be going around my husband's school, but the cases are pretty mild if that's what it is. And, if that's what it is, my husband already got it. The congestion has hung with him, but could have been lots worse. I don't know, though, he never lost his appetite...
Is the kid very sick?

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49 year old female attorney, diagnosed UC/pancolitis 1985. 

Asacol maintenance for 20+ years; Prednisone & Rowasa for flares. 

Food sensitivity test by Naturopath showed wheat/gluten, other intolerances, helped some. 

Remicade started April 2009 (Humira denied) and doing great~ learning what normal is~ wow

sweetmelody said...
Well, I don't trust the swine flu vaccination yet... it hasn't been tested the way it needs to be and they're not 100% on what side effects it causes. I just don't want to get something I'm not sure of. As for the regular flu I've already had it this year... before I started the Remicade of course. I haven't gotten a flu shot in years...

Anyways.. I am a little less freaked out now than I initially was, but it's still bothersome. I'm just constantly washing my hands.

We haven't been updated on the child that's sick. I am hoping that no one else gets it.

The swine flu is manufactured and tested in exactly the same way as seasonal flu. Each year 3 strains of flu are chosen for the vaccine and are manufactured and tested in a relatively short time. This year's seasonal flu also has a H1N1 strain in it (not the swine flu strain). The swine flu strain could easily have been incorporated into this year's seasonal flu vaccine had it appeared earlier. It probably will be incorporated in subsequent years.

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Mark

200mg/day azathioprine

I would get it only if your doctor says it is okay to take with Remicade - since you work in that environment you are at a higher risk. My nurse told me that both the seasonal and H1N1 vaccines both take 7-14 days to be effective so even if you get the vaccine today it will not protect you from the exposure you may have already experienced...but it may help with future exposures.

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Dx 2006 right after the birth of my daughter

Lialda 3 pills a day

Cort-enema nightly

Pred. 10mg

Canasa in the morning

Probiotics Daily