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What's average amount of time people can take biologics (ex: humira (adalimumab) or enbrel) before developing an immunity to it? do all patients develop immunity?
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See below: Patients are more apt to develop resistance to biologic if they are not on methotrexate. However; not all patients are candidate to be on methotrexate. Some patients never have a problem and some do. It is hard to comment on the average amount of time because it is an individual phenomena.
Answered 4/29/2015
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