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?
I started Asacol almost two weeks ago, and it worked very well after a couple of days, but after almost two weeks, I got very weak, dizzy spells, fatigue, like the flu. It's been five days, and most of the time I need to lay down. I couldn't go to work today. When does it stop? I stopped the medication four days ago. It was for colitis.
I have been on Asacol in a prophylactic capacity since (800mg tid). Does it keep me in remission. Maybe, but maybe it is the tremendous quantities of fentanyl, diacetylmorphine and morphine I abused as well for all I know :P.
From my somewhat limited research into Asacol, it is tolerated very differently by different people; some sing its praises, others curse it as worsening their condition.
I agree with the workup and treatment thus far.
RLQ pain can be due to appendicitis, but is less likely with a normal CT scan.
Inflammatory bowel disease or irritable bowel syndrome can be considered. A colonoscopy can be considered to evaluate for this. Small bowel is sometimes difficult to see with this test, and a small bowel series can also be done.
Another option would be a capsule endoscopy to assist in visualizing the small bowel.
The area of thickening would sometimes be the same but it would also change from time to time. There was also some mesenteric stranding associated with the areas of thickening and mildly enlarged lymph nodes were noted on one of the scans. All organs were found to be normal each time any of the scans were run.
There was one month 4 years ago when i had constant diarrhea. After some ER visits I was diagnosed with crohn's by the ER physicians and my GP.
You're the boss, not him. You also have a duty as a parent to make sure he is healthy. By saying 'I can't do anything' you effectively are neglecting your child. If you can't protect him, perhaps the state should. They will do what you won't. It seems, you need to put your foot down and get serious about his health. It sounds like he's extremely ill and has liver disease along with cardiac disease and a list of other ailments.
My daughter has Crohn's disease and had it about 1 yr at least.At 1st she would go to bath rm and it was all blood for quite awhile then they did biopies and found crohns.Shes on asscol meds( not sure spelling) and predisone. She been on predisone since July as when she gets off she starts up again.The dr wants her to take med..6MP and she scared and won't do it.She needs to get off predisone and 6mp causes cnacer and lose ur hair her pharmist told her.
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The longer you have active disease the more it can hurt the lining of your bowel and possibly result in what happened with me. My son now has colitis (much worse than what I had in the early stages) and they put him on Imuran (an immune suppressant) and he has been in complete remission for the last year.
Pay attention to what is going on and if it gets real bad you must get back to your gastro doc. They will treat a bad bout with prednisone which really heals it up quickly.
the doctor at the time told me that it was the same thing as asacol, however, i found it to be less effective. another doctor later told me that they have the same active ingredient mesalamine, but pentasa reaches a different part of your track... i think asacol stays intact longer, so it gets released lower down in your system.
anyway, i think either of the 2 drugs are mainly for maintenance like the others said.
ve been having severe abdominal attacks for a better word for it. It came within a half to one hour of eating and usually does. I get real loud bowel sounds on my left side of my abdomen. Then cramping starts and I feel like I'm going to have diarrhea. Before I get the the restroom my lips start going numb, my face feels hot and then depending on the outcome I either pass out on the toilet or I'm doubled over in gut wrenching pain.
Hello,
Honestly I don't know that much about crohns and of course you would have to go with what your doctors tell you. But, a good book is "Physician, Heal Thyself" by Jordan Rubin. He was diagnosed with Crohns and basically healed himself (pretty much nearly died from it) - and then he became a doctor. He had other books as well. They are at the library. He has one called "The Maker's Diet".
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