It has now been 8 months of frequent bloody/mucousy stools and no relief. I have been on Asacol, Sulfasalazine, and most recently Lialda which I had a bad reaction to. Nothing has improved my symtoms.
I recently started seeing a new GI and she retested me and I am positive for C diff. She also tested a ANCA-IBD P-ANCA Titer recently that came back negative.
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.
Has anyone tried Lialda? Does it perform any better than Asacol? How much more is your co-pay for Lialda than Asacol. I want to ask my doc to make a switch.
i was prescribed asacol 2x 400mg, 3 times a day for two weeks. after this time i was also diagnosed with CKD at stage 3a with a GFR of 53 and a creatinine clearance of 87.14ml/min.
i took asacol again for one month at a reduced rate of 1x 400mg, 3 times a day (3-4 tablets recommended for prevention of relapse).
then i stopped taking it for 2 months.
i took asacol again at 1x400mg, 2 times a day for 2 months.
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May I ask what disease you have. Is the drug you are referring to Sulfasalazine? Pfizer is a drug company so I am a little confused as to exactly what you are asking. If you give me a little more information I can better answer you. Hope to hear from you and welcome to the forum.
I have noticed that my asacol is not breaking down and is being passed in my stool! Is their a reason for this? What can/should I do?
I have a NEW G.I. doc who keeps referring me to a colonoscopy and an MRCP before she decides to do anything but I've had a flare-up of UC for a month and need some relief. Today I saw a whole Asacol HD tablet excreted and the G.I.doc said "that's ok--it's still absorbed." Ok--so now I must be reasonable and ask a question as how is it absorbed when NONE OF IT--repeat, NONE OF IT---is degraded at all? This woman doesn't get it. Anyway, what should I do now?
Is there a program where my son can get help with his Rx for asacol? He does not have insurance.
The idea is to get off the steroids asap but make sure the bleeding is stopped. The other thing is to increase the Asacol right away to get the UC under control and adjust her dosage to manage it. If she is still having trouble then she needs to treat it from both ends, so get her GI to prescribe an enema nightly with her regular Asacol orally but it's very important to get her off the prednezone. It's bad taking it continuously.
He was switched from Asacol to Pentasa when his liver enzymes were slightly elevated. He was on a steroid for the first 2 years after he was diagnosed. He hasn't been on a steroid since 2006, when he was diagnosed with Diabetes. The Steroids are more for the flares, the Pentasa is used more as a maintenance drug. He is also on Purinethol, which is chemotherapy agent, to help decrease abnormal growths. Good luck.
My Rheumy, however, prescribed Plaquenil and Sulfasalazine and told me decrease the prednisone. After a week on those meds I felt worse than I've ever felt! Doc said to discontinue the Plaquenil because he thinks that that is the one that has the most side effects. It's been 3 days and I still feel awful! Please, If there is anybody out there that has experience with these drugs, let me know.
I have ulcerative colitis I am taking 6 sulfasalazine colitis Medicean everyday. Can effect these medicine on window period. Plz help me.i will really appreciate.
Had coloscopy in August-showed some mild inflammation in ilieum and rectal area-was put on Asacol. Asacol helped the rectal pain but RLQ pain continued. Went back to ED in Nov for severe RLQ pain. CT and bloodwork normal. I had changed from Asacol to Pentasa the week before and the rectal pain had come back-significant burning pain. Went to another doctor and had more bloodwork-borderline IBD tests. Went off Pentasa for a few days in Dec and had severe RLQ pain and right hand pain.
My 15 year old daughter has suddenly developed a rather severe bunion on her left foot, big toe. The rheumatalogist wants her to try sulfasalazine, because some tests and symptoms indicate jra, even though nothing is exactly conclusive. I know the podiatrist has been planning to operate on the toe, breaking bone and inserting screw into joint to stabilize. Yet, at one point, podiatrist also talked about getting inflammation down to point where daughter can wear shoe and bear weight again.
I took sulfasalazine for 6 months, about 12 months ago I stopped taking it due to remission of symptoms. Does anyone know whether taking this medication can have a lasting effect on the immune system. Any thoughts or advice?
Try to stay away from dairy, alcohol, grains (have rice instead). If you can figure out what triggered the flare, that would be helpful so you know to avoid it in the future.
after being diagnosed with uc he was placed on asacol 1200mg. 3 times a day, prednisone a couple of times last year, entocort most recently, and asacol enemas at night at times. Just recently he started getting muscle cramps, flu like symptoms with bronchitis and had a glucose level of 169, and a cholesterol level in the high 160s as well. He had had an alkaline phosphate level up to almost 600 for years and stays very fatigued and in pain. i am so worried about him. he is overweight.
He still flares up every few months with bloody diarrhea which then we start up sulfasalazine 3 times a day which usually calms things down within a few days and after a week or 2 he's back on track. IBD is very frustrating to deal with because there's no cure it's just learning to manage what works best for your baby. The Prozyme you can get online cheap just search around but get a small bottle first to try out. They sell it at some Petco's too.
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