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Now that the humira levels can be tested in your blood - we found my son still has a high level in his system at two weeks right before he gets his shot. The pediatrician thinks he could spread his dosages out to every three weeks which is not standard humira dosing. Has anyone else heard about humira at that dose or taken an action based on the new level testing available? Would love for him to get less hmira but also worry about antibodies building up. Thank you.
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I believe that particularly in pediatric patients, you want to be sure that dosing is correct, especially if you expect him to be on this drug in the long term.

How quickly this drug is metabolized varies from person to person. It stays in the system for several weeks, so you don't want overlapping doses any more frequent than necessary. Antibody formation is less of an issue with Humira compared to Remicade.

I know for my Simponi, my rheumatologist told me that if I was doing well, to try to lengthen the time between injections. For me though, I can barely make it to the next dose...

Anyway, we are all different. When I was on Humira, I needed it weekly. We didn't do blood tests though. It was all based on symptoms.

Jan Smiler

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