entocort ec vs prednisone

i have had the bad gut gene for many years but just finally diagnosed. i was given entocort ec. reading the side effects, i am very fearful. facial hair, puffy face and neck are the ones i fear the most. can ANYONE testify to the positives and/or negatives of ths med? please?

She put me on Asacol for about a month, no change, then finally we got to the Entocort EC. It has changed my life! I am normal again. The medicine took effect within 2 weeks, a drastic change in everything. I have been on it for 6 weeks now and today is my first taper off day. I am going to go down to 2 pills a day (6 mg) from the original dose of 9 mg. I will work towards 1 pill and then off.

Abdominal pain, back pain, dizziness, fatigue, gas, headache, indigestion, nausea, pain, respiratory infection, vomiting Grapefruit juice can increase the amount of Entocort EC in your blood stream. Do not drink grapefruit juice during your course of therapy with Entocort EC.

g. prednisone then EntoCort and Imuren are better for you long term. What are they actually treating and what symptoms do you have other than high liver enzymes. Do you have Lupus or Autoimmune Pancreatitis/Hepatitis where the immune system is going haywire?

I'm on a course of steroids this week. My symptoms are improving, but my fatigue is much worse than usual. This has been my reaction to IVSM and prednisone, every time I've taken them- w/ the exception of the first time. My doc says that this can happen, but isn't it much more common to have excess energy? Seriously, this week I could sure use it!

t know if this helps or not but my Gastro doc prescribed Entocort and Nexium to me. I also took Flagyl the first few weeks. That was an antibiotic. The Entocort is a steroid to help with the inflamation and ulcers and obviously the Nexium is for excess stomach acid. I guess it's working. I've been taking them for a few months now. They are still trying to figure out if I really have Crohns or not. If so, I guess I have a fairly mild form of it.

t have any of the side-effects that are associated with drugs like prednisone, but most on Entocort find that the side-effects are much, much less and that the normal endocrine/cortisol system kicks back in earlier without the 'step-down' effect of prednisone. Can't say it's 100% perfect, but Entocort - if it works for you - is a great alternative. You're going to have to watch that stomach ulcer, though.

Almost instantly I lost 19 lbs of water retention (due to prednisone). The entocort metabolizes in the liver unlike the prednison which travels everywhere causing osteoporosis, bone loss, etc. I feel great. I just spoke to him yesterday regarding my liver. He states that a person can live w/just 30% of their liver for the rest of their lives.

I have been sffering with colitis now for about 6 months and well have tried everything from salofalk to control it prednisone (60 mg a day) um entocort and now imuran with prednisone and well just can't get it under control. I am seriously considering trying some marijuana to see if maybe it will calm things down or maybe stopp my flare up completely now i know it will relax me but is it really worth a try? I am not sure if i should ? anybody have any experience with this?

After about 12 months of a roller coaster of emotions (the prednisone) I requested to be taking off the prednisone due to I would get down right mean at the drop of a hat. The doctor got upset at my request and informed me that I needed to get my colon removed. I did some searching and found a great doctor in Houston, Texas and in talking to him he was very concerned about me being on prednisone.

Prednisone can cause acne. I had UC for ten years until I perforated and had my colon removed and a J-pouch built 16 years ago. My son has UC and moved onto the Imuran last year. He did have some acne with the prednisone too. He has been in a wonderful remission this past year and is so enjoying feeling healthy. The only change he continues to make is to leave dairy alone as he realizes he is lacto intolerant. I hope you will get the same success.

However, he also still has many symptoms that are unrelated to the Crohn’s Disease and they are now testing him for other diseases which may be Lupus, MS and or Rheumatoid Arthritis. We are wondering if there are any recommended treatment for Crohn’s other than Prednisone and Align and if there is any other disease that it may be and how to get tested for it. We have tried so many things and nothing seems to be working at this point. We would appreciate any advice.

I am on and off prednisone and can never sleep when I am on it. It is a great drug for healing but can cause insomnia.

Although I did gain weight while I was on Prednisone. 70lbs. 2 B exact. When I did lose the weight I lost it really fast. ( about 57lbs. in 45 days) I M now steady @ 123. I have had heart problems N the past. I have a rash on my arms and legs - has never gone away. Doctors dont seemed 2 concerned about it though. Also my legs, ankles and feet swell. Whether its hot or cold they swell. I M starting 2 get dark spots on my legs where the blood vessels have popped.

Hi, welcome to the Crohn's Community Forum. I have had Crohn's for 40 yrs, dx when I was 24 yrs old. Cortisone IS used to treat Crohn's, but now only for short periods, say 3-4 months, because of the side effects of long term use. If the Crohn's is in the terminal ileum area and/or first part of the colon, a newer steroid, Entocort can be used, which does not have the debilitating, and embarrassing, side effects that prednisolone and prednisone do.

) Is there anything besides Prednisone? I was on 5mg of Prednisone earlier this year (in place of Imuran), but my liver enzymes were very bad according to the lab work I had done at the time. Would a higher dose of Prednisone be an option? Is that also harmful to a developing baby? Thank you for your help!!

I am on Imuran and I also have to take the prednisone when I flare up. But I love taking the prednisone cause it make me hungry and it give me so much energy I never want to stop. I does make my heart flutter sometimes but besides that, it works wonders on me. I have crohns in my small intestines and I've been suffering with my rectum lately. It seems like everytime I go to the bathroom my rectum hurts so much. My lower tummy hurts also.

Prednizone, Sulfasalazine (Azulfidine), and more recently ENTOCORT EC (a nonsystemic corticosteroid)- basically works like a steroid without going into the bloodstream, so it has very limited side effects. My Crohn's has always been upper track, especially in the stomach. If my stomach is upset with stress, booze, or too much acid I get horrible stomach pains and usually vomit and dont eat for several days.

I also have a workplace injury, fell on sacrum and R hip last November. I am starting a course of prednisone for 30 days. Never had problems with hip, (pain is radiating to my foot) or back until I fell. Is the Doc trying to rule out RA or Osteo for my R hip? I understand that prednisone is a inflammation reducer and autoimmune suppressor. He found a deposit on the bone near hip as well. MRI tomorrow too.

My husband was diagnosed with Crohn's back in April 08 just a few weeks before he was scheduled for gastric bypass surgery. I've been very leary of the whole diagnosis for three reasons, 1st he weighs over 500lbs and 2nd he had a bout of c-diff at the same time as all the colonoscopies, he's had diarrhea almost daily since he had his gallbladder out in 1996. I suspected it had bile salt diarrhea and wanted the doctor to check before he had his surgery.

The pain is getting worse and I think I have been on at least twenty different kinds of medication to try and get this under control. I have tried Pentasa, Entocort, Prednisone, Nortriptyline and Imuran just to name a few. Also recently I have only been able to eat two meals a day because if I try to eat any more than that I vomit for the next two days. My question is if this isn't Crohn's disease then could it be the fat band that is wrapped around my intestines be causing this?

While there isn't any concrete evidence that EC is hereditary, there is some speculation that a predisposition to Barret's might have a hereditary component. (It is also believed by some that while not everyone who gets Barrett's gets EC, everyone who gets EC had Barrett's.) As Ayri said, for peace of mind, having an EGD every two or three years is a prudent move. Also, following a GERD diet would be a very good idea.

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