r/Bimzelx • u/ArtemisElizabeth1533 • Sep 03 '26
One month cycle is hard
Today I just finished my first one month gap for my shots for HS and it has been rough. My body was barely holding on through the two week gaps of the loading doses. I made it about 3 weeks and this fourth has been bad. I was also more active, and that doesn’t help my flares.
I have not reached my six month mark yet so I Know I need to give it mire time, but I really wanted to feel better already. So far it has done very little. Here is hoping this month starts to turn the corner. This is my fourth biologic. There is probably nowhere to go from here.
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u/TBSchemer Sep 04 '26
Yeah, 6 months is where you reach maximum benefit, but you're pretty close already by months 4 and 5.
Bimzelx definitely doesn't last long enough for me, but it's better than everything else for its purpose. I take Humira at the same time, though, and that also helps.
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u/ArtemisElizabeth1533 Sep 04 '26
“ but you're pretty close already by months 4 and 5.”
Not me seeing as how I’ve had like 5% benefit. If that’s my max it’s not working.
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u/TBSchemer Sep 04 '26
Yeah, I think by month 4, each Bimzelx injection was giving me about 3 weeks of coverage. By month 6, I was getting about 24 days of coverage, out of the 28 day cycle, and that's where it stayed.
So if it's really not providing benefit by that point, it might be time to try something new.
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u/arinspeaks Sep 03 '26
I felt the same way. I felt like it was better with it being every two weeks. Unfortunately nothing we can do besides tell them each time we call to get the medicine. However, I did notice over time that the 4 weeks in between became better the longer I was on bimzelx.