Posted 7/4/2017 8:08 PM (GMT 0)
Cortiment is a budesonide that acts on the colon. I started it 4 weeks ago. Four days after I began taking it, watery diarrhea started. Texted my GI who recommended then a course of dexamethasone injections for 3 days. The steroid could control symptoms for the 3 days and then watery d returned. Saw my GI who attributed it to stress as I'm under a lot of stress. I asked for xanax and he prescribed it but to no avail. So, I took librax with the hope that it would calm my bowels down and alleviate stress but it's not effective, too. I would wake up w severe abdominal cramps to the extent that I need to scream. I rush to the toilet and have watery voluminous bms with cramps. These cramps would continue for some time afterwards. I keep having other 3-4 voluminous watery bms until I become drained. Meanwhile, I would take Imodium until d stops. Taking Imodium will make me constipated for 1 or 2 days and then the cycle of watery d is repeated. My problem is that I can't control when d and cramps would hit and I'm supposed to travel abroad soon. Is this IBS or is it steroid-related?