Honestly IBD is one area where we've made massive progress in the past few decades. We went from having zero biologics (which means your only options were mediocre oral meds, long-term steroid use, or various -ectomies) to having dozens of biologics that each target one of a handful of major inflammatory pathways. Remicade was the first holy grail :)
I started on Remicade, but sadly I was one of the few who didn’t see results and I managed to get a lot sicker while waiting for it to do its thing. I got put on Upadacitinib and so far I feel a lot better, if it keeps working this well then I’m very happy to just have a pill to take daily. It’s pretty new, but from what I’m hearing it’s very effective.
Fingers crossed for the new pill! I've also heard that JAK inhibitors work wonder for a lot of people who didn't get results from TNF inhibitors. And it's probably way easier to tinker with the dose if need be :P
