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@pmrsuzie my daughter takes entiviyo for ulcerative colitis and they check her blood before the infusion to check antibodies and how much left of the drug is in her body to determine if they need to increase the infusion time. For instance she was doing it every 8 weeks and now has to increase it to every 6 weeks. Hopefully and we pray it continues to work and she can continue to do it every 6 weeks. I take actemra infusions but they do not test my blood for that.my infusion is every 4 weeks.

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@junegh
Thank you for affirming my statement that there are reasons for testing drug and drug antibody levels...
With the recent Humira patent expiring, some insurance companies have dropped its coverage due to cost and substituting biosimilars. My son was involved in this and his Humira and antibody levels were measured before the switch.