I can tell you that my sister-in-law took Humira for fibromyalgia, which caused severe side affects and from which she had a hard time disassociating herself (dependency). So, I'd be careful...... Just my two cents

wach:

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That - unfortunately - might be somewhat misleading. There is a trial ongoing testing anti-TNF for treating Dupuytren's https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03180957 but side-effects may be severe (as for adalimumab) and whether it helps for Dupuytren's is still unclear. Therefore, for the time being, THERE IS NO REASON FOR RECOMMENDING HUMIRA FOR DUPUYTREN'S. I would stay away from it.

Wolfgang

GailSusan:

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... Humira has been shown as a promising drug for DC, so it made me wonder if diet can help DC.
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Hi Gail Susan & others -

I followed the Swank diet pretty faithfully for almost 4 years (I have MS, diagnosed 1999) and I can honestly say that all it did for me was make me neurotic about food/eating. Meanwhile, my disability level went from EDSS 2 to 6 (a BIG change) and I went from walking okay with some balance issues to needing bilateral support or a walker all the time (wheelchair sometimes), and racked up major cognitive and other functional deficits as well. Diet may make a difference, but when I quit Swank, I didn't get any worse, and I was LOTS happier, and a lot less stressed. And less stress is important with any illness with an autoimmune component.

That said, there are things we can consume that have known anti-inflammatory properties, and those can be helpful - or at least not harmful - as part of overall eating.

For me, I think the real key is to eat a sensible, well-balanced diet. Get the "five (or more) a day" of the fruits and veggies, avoid too much fat, and REALLY avoid the processed junk...

A comment about the "-mab" drugs that are coming out for various conditions (That is, prescription drugs that have generic names that end with the last letters -mab): These extremely expensive drugs are generally various forms of humanized recombinant monoclonal antibodies -- that is, they are designed to interact with and direct a patient's immune cells. Many carry a "black box" warning that they can cause death from the human equivalent of "mad cow" -- they can cause progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) - a fatal viral infection of the brain. It's worth looking CLOSELY at whether inconvenient symptoms are worth tens of thousands of dollars per year and a chance of death, in my humble opinion.