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Taking more than one biologic at the same time

I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis 30 years ago and have been on a biologic since 2006. I had 104 infusions of Remicade before it stopped working and then tried 4 other biologics until we (my Dr. and I) finally found one that worked. I have been in remission for almost 5 years now. In the meantime, I have had asthma most of my life. When I was on Remicade it seemed to keep my asthma in check. But now that I am on a different biologic that is geared only to UC and Crohn's, my asthma has gotten harder to control. In 2020 I was diagnosed with APBA, a rear form of severe asthma and now I have become steroid dependent. Both my allergist and my gastroenterologist want me to take a second biologic (Tezspire) that is geared to the asthma so that I can get off the steroids and relieve all the nasty side effects of long-term steroids use. Needless to say, I really want to get off the steroids, but I am concerned with what being on two different biologic medications would do to me. Is anyone else on multiple biologic medications for multiple autoimmune disease?

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