i believe that pentasa is more for management of colitis once it's under control from steroids like once the steroids bring down your flare up u will continue to take pentasa to maintain your colitis control so you could be on it for quite sometime i have never taken pentasa myself thought they have me on salofalk which i believe is for the same thing, just to keep uc under control. not sure if that helped at all but anyways good luck wishing you the best.
I have been hospitalized four times in last two years. Finally I met a doctor in UK who prescribed Asacol Foam Enema. I was unable to get into remission for last so many years with all drugs, however, with this foam enema, I got in full remission in just few weeks. I was surprised to find that drug industry that makes Enemas for UC has been dominated by company that makes Rowasa Enema (Israeli Company). I am shocked to find that Rowasa has complete monopoly over this industry.
I am 56 year old male, diabetic type 2, have been diagnosed a year ago with ulcerative colitis, they prescribed pentasa as medication, now after one year I for rectal bleeding again, I took pentasa 2000 mg on my own , rectal bleeding stopped, watched my diet for a few days , then I went back to my bad eating habits drinking carrot juice , and tuna with little spices, diarreha came back and today I took 2000 mg pentasa orally, after but was eating sweets , now after a few hours at night bleeding
Sorry to hear that. Pentasa is certainly the lowest level prescription drugs that can be prescribed. As you go up in drugs, the impact and potential side effects go up (e.g. next step would be something like Imuran, then Humira). Have you gotten any blood tests recently? C-Reactive counts, Sedimentary rate, and White Blood Cell counts can be markers of imflammation or a change in something. Vitamin D will probably be low if you're not absorbing anything in your gut (i.e. frequent diarrehea).
He was under treatment and was given Pentasa granules , T PAN (40mg), Tab wysolone and Pentasa Anema. As there was no improvement. Doctor adviced to have Exemptia (Adalimumab) injection. 4 injections (40mg 8ml) was given. Next day he was having stomach pain, tight and rigid stomach, and fast breathing. He was immediately admitted in the nearby hospital and doctor found he was suffering from megacolon (toxic colon).
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. Got better after a week back on Pentasa. Had another colonoscopy-essentially negative in late Jan. I continue to have burning pain in my rectum and RLQ and right hand, general fatigue. Stress makes it worse. Do I have crohn's, lupus, what????
thanks so much 4 ur reply! makes me feel loads better i am in remission at the moment? i didnt have uc when i had my other 2 children so having it with this one is a bit scary!! didnt know if the meds where safe or no! doc said there fine and my ibd nurse said that they are ok?
i was having severe headache,some times knee pains,eye becomes red and pains.iam using pentasa ,budeg-cr and pantodac.after started using medicines am bit free of almost all symptoms except headache.the severity of headache is reduced but i get it frequently.if it comes it doesnt go in a short times some times a day or 2days its coming constantly.my doctor is saying headache is not because of crohn's .if any body with crohn's is having the same symptom? or is it because of anything else?
Teak believe me i am loosing weight in some part of my body ( legs, arms, face) and gaining in other parts
Pain in legs and arms and specially today pain in shoulders, i feel like skin of shoulders is burning :(
I am convinced now that i have hiv :(
I guess that my test didnt catch it or it was later than 3 months due to my drugs i take since 3 years ...
Like a lot of people, I probably had it long before I was forced to address the issue. I am currently on Pentasa and 6MP. All seem to be doing okay. However, recently I have been having a hard time swallowing. I can actually feel everything in my throat. Has anyone else experienced the same? I hate to go through any tests if anyone has suggestions. Wishing everyone long remissions!
They started with testing in November of 07 and finally performed the right blood test for Crohns in Feb 08. This was after many different tests for different things. I was on Prednozone and Pentasa at first. I am still on Pentasa 8 times a day and many other meds. Mostly for pain, cramps and bleeding. Go to the crohns.com web site and after signing up, they will send you a wonderful book that answers many questions. I am glad to help and answer concerns. That's how we help each other.
i love my girlfriend very much more than anything in the world, she has crohns and im very worried. I am told that she cannot take any kind of contraception because of the tablets she is taking. which means we can only use condoms, my problom is what if one snaps what can we do fi she cannot take the pill or the morning after pill, or anything. im calling to people out there who can help us if they know if there is anything else we can use to be safe ..........please help me.
Hello all. My mother was diagnosed with Crohns two years ago. She is in her mid 50s. It came out of the blue and she was bed-ridden for months. I moved home to take care of her. She got significantly better and stopped her meds. She has not had any issues, except some mild discomfort and diarreah from time to time.
I schooled myself hard to make good choices for her. She is not taking any meds at all now and I am just waiting for the other shoe to drop.
I was diagnosed with Crohn's in October of 2008. However I had been diagnosed with IBS in about 1997. Even for a short while before my diagnosis I was having this itching problem on my legs. When I would get out of the shower my legs would be EXTREMELY itchy. It was worse when I shaved but still there when I didnt. Every now and then i would be on my upper arms as well.
pentasa, then prednisone, then she went through nearly a year of imuran which did nothing for her.
Her Crohn's issues are the illeum, constipation (as opposed to diarrhea) abdominal cramping, anal fissure (being treated with cipro/flagyl & polysporin) loss of appetite is a big issue as well as headaches, joint aches and lack of absorbtion (nutrition).
Hi to everybody here this is very new to me I've never done on community chat or anything I'm 33 I have Crohn's disease with celiac disease and found out I am pregnant I only have one child that is 14 I had two other miscarriages I started cramping really bad yesterday and bleeding lightly not bright red and brown I've never heard of implantation bleeding and very helpful maybe that is what this is my mind is going crazy with thoughts and I guess with reading some of the things t
Now he is 12 years old he has been doing very well on pentasa. I worry because all the medicine he takes at such a young age. He is getting tired of taking so much medicine. I would like to know if anybody knows of a natural diet that works for ulcerative colitis?
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