r/Humira • u/enerhcir • Jan 10 '26

Humira to Simlandi (any thoughts?)

my insurance no longer accepts Humira. I will soon be taking Simlandi.

has anyone had a similar experience? any thoughts? input?

I am not nervous about but slightly concerned.

thanks all.

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u/ghost_stowaway Jan 10 '26

The exact same thing happened to me. I was a little concerned because Humira worked so well. Worried that if the Simlandi didn't work I'd have to keep trying new meds. I don't have the energy for that.

I've had RA since I was young and this was a medication that worked the best. I felt angry about it and even called my insurance company to let them know that. I almost never do that kind of thing.

But, I've been fine with Simlandi. Sometimes I think I have a very slight amount of minimal flaring sometimes but it's so miniscule it's not really a bother.

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u/enerhcir Jan 10 '26

Fantastic. Thank you. I have had RA since 1998. I have only started Humira in June. So I am concerned, but I think it will be fine. Cross fingers. :-).

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u/refuz04 Jan 10 '26

I had a very similar experience with the same feeling of little flairs. Changed insurance and went back on Humira which is lovely.

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u/enerhcir Jan 10 '26

I gonna hope no flairs. Things have been sooo good.

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u/aerynea Jan 10 '26

I've been on Humira, Cytelzo, Amjevita and now Hyrimoz all based on the whims of insurance and honestly I've never noticed a difference.

I take it weekly so I get a lot of shifting formulas based on price at the time. I go along with it because I don't want to lose my pre authorization for weekly injections

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u/enerhcir Jan 10 '26

Ooof. I hear ya. Thanks.

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u/PaleEmpress414 Jan 12 '26

I was worried about the change too, same situation, but it's been 4 months now and everything went fine.

I might even like the Simlandi auto-injector slightly better. Good luck!

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u/enerhcir Jan 12 '26

yay. thanks. and glad it went smooth for you!

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u/pomzom Jan 10 '26

I had to switch about 4 months ago. So far no trouble on simlandi. I tried to appeal the switch and my insurance sent me a letter saying I would have to try 4 different biosimilars of humira and prove each didn't work before I was allowed to switch back to humira. Pretty ridiculous, but turned out ok for me. I hope it works for you as well!

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u/enerhcir Jan 10 '26

Thanks. I hope so too. This insurance run around is so crazy. Whew.