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[Figen Vasileva]

Hello again,

I have been breasfeeding my son while on Humira. My doctor said he is going to change my medication to adalimumab-atto (amjevita)....

[admin]

Figen:

The highest concentrations of ADALIMUMAB occur before birth during pregnancy. In the last trimester, significant amounts of IgG...

[alapio]

Hello!

I'm new to this forum but am slowly reading through the various posts that are relevant to me...

I'm 27 and was diagnosed...

[alapio]

Hi Dr Hale,

Thank you so much for your reply. I am seriously hoping my symptoms improve during pregnancy as I would love to be on as little...

[admin]

Alapio: If you are planing a pregnancy, I would first highly recommend you start taking Folic Acid 1 mg per day, long before you become pregnant. ...

[thisisfudd]

Hello,

I am curious about your take on infliximab and breastfeeding. I understand that the RID of infliximab is 0.3-0.7%. I also understand...

[admin]

Dear MaitriMama,

Adalimumab (Humira) is a recombinant humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody specific for human tumor necrosis factor (TNF).TNF...

[admin]

osnatn:

The prednisone, 5mg/day is a very low dose, and poses no problem for a breastfeeding infant.

Humira (ADALIMUMAB) is...

[cpride]

Dear pedsarnp,

We do not have data on the amount of adalimumab (Humira) that enters breastmilk. Based on the kinetics of the drug, Dr....

[cpride]

Dear leadman,

Mercaptopurine is the metabolite of azathioprine. We know that only minimal amounts of azathioprine enter breastmilk. Since...

[cpride]

Dear yoamy81,

We think that Humira (adalimumab) transfers into breastmilk in significant amounts the first four days after delivery but thereafter,...

[Martina]

One of my clients has colitis ulcerosa and also Bechterev. She uses humira adalimumab injections 40 mg.
She has heard she can't breastfeed when...

[cpride]

Dear Martina,

Adalimumab (Humira) is a recombinant humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody. The drug is given either intravenously or intramuscularly...

[admin]

Amanda:

It always comes down to risk vs benefit. After 3 years, the benefit is still wonderful, but physiologically minimal. In this...

[copeace]

Good Morning,

Ideally, the injections of Humira should be timed in such a way, (such as 2 weeks after birth), in order to avoid the immediate...