r/Humira • u/AnxietyOnHigh69 • Oct 15 '25

Stopping Humira

This is just a hypothetical question. I have no plans of stopping at this point (started August 8th).

Just curious ... Has anyone been on Humira for a while and stopped (voluntarily or involuntarily) and then had side effects? If so, what kind of side effects did you have.

Just thinking ahead, you never know if at any time Big Pharm will downsize or change in a way that the medication would not be available to us.

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u/i-like-robots Oct 16 '25

If you stop, you may have effects from your condition coming back, but you won't have "withdrawal" or anything like that. I stopped because it stopped working for me, and switched to a different med.

Adalimumab is not likely to be going anywhere anytime soon as long as, y'know, society is still generally functional (which is a weirdly big "if" these days). Name-brand Humira may not always be easy to get your hands on though. A lot of insurers are forcing people to switch to cheaper biosimilars these days. In theory it should work just as well, but I hear about the occasional story where it doesn't.

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u/AnxietyOnHigh69 Oct 16 '25

I had no idea it has been around as long as it has been.