I was on Stelara for almost two years (J-pouch - 1995) and just stopped two months ago. Not sure on how well it worked. My pouch was scoped 30 days ago and it showed some pouchitis. So I stopped. I know I only paid $5 per injection every 8 weeks but the cost billed to my insurance for that drug was outrageous!!! After speaking to my GI and it wasn’t doing what it was supposed to do 100%, I said no more. Side effects were not worth the risk after all that time.