Budesonide - does it help with energy levels?

Agnes77

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Posted 4/21/2012 11:52 PM (GMT 0)

Hi Guys!

I am so glad I found this forum! Everybody here is supportive and helpful and I hope everybody is doing well!

My question is: now that I have been officially diagnosed with crohn's I was put on Pentasa and Budesonide.(just started on Friday). Can anybody tell me if Budesonide helps with energy levels? I am taking only 9 mg per day, but my energy levels are more than worse. I am staying in bed most of the time and cannot work at all. I also started taking Vit D, B-complex, C, korean ginseng and Fish oil. The thing is that the amount of all that stuff I am taking makes me run to the bathroom more than usually, but then I am hoping it will start working soon and give me more energy.

Thank you, everybody!

Agnes

NiceCupOfTea

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Posted 4/22/2012 1:17 AM (GMT 0)

In theory it should give you more energy as it's a steroid, but it also has far fewer systemic (affecting the entire body) side-effects than Predisone. The first time I ever took Pred I was like, 'wow, I have lots of energy, this is so cool'. But nowadays I don't seem to get that surge of energy with Pred, let alone Budesonide (which I have taken, but only the once, unlike Pred, which I've been on quite a few times).

Anyway, Budesonide takes a bit longer than Pred to get into the system, so I would give it a few more days to kick in. Hopefully when it does, you will feel a whole lot better. Best of luck!

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