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Posted 9/16/2010 10:59 AM (GMT 0)
The bleeding although limited just dont stop.Anyone having a long run on the bleeding end?
Posted 9/16/2010 11:47 AM (GMT 0)
Yep, in fact I am in a stubborn bleeding flare right now. I have been pretty much bleeding since June. What meds are you on at the moment?
Posted 9/16/2010 11:52 AM (GMT 0)
when my bleeding gets bad,my dr goes the prednisone route-not the greatest for our bodies but it usually knocks the bleeding down.Also i seem to have rectum bleeding where the oral meds are not reaching so i use rowasa and they help very well-good luck.
Posted 9/16/2010 3:05 PM (GMT 0)
yep been going on for a quite a while, don't go to the can maybe average 2 times a day, solid BM's ,sometimes too solid, but really fighting to get the bleeding to stop. If I could just get it to heal up I would be in ok shape it seems. Get some mild dizziness at times with BM, not sure what that means.
Last time I got it to stop somehow myself and did good for half a year+. Started eating like I never had colitis and kicked in again, and this time it is subborn.

Post Edited (Zippy123) : 9/16/2010 9:10:59 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 9/16/2010 4:09 PM (GMT 0)
I started bleeding in May, and in July my GI got my bleeding to stop overnight with 40 mg of prednisone, but as I taper off, it starts up again. I finally got sick of tapering and increasing and have just been in taper mode for a while and it looks like the bleeding restarts when I decrease the dosage and then in a few days the bleeding tapers off. I'm thinking about asking for steroid enemas because I feel like the oral meds (Lialda & prednisone) aren't really reaching where they're most needed.
Posted 9/16/2010 4:16 PM (GMT 0)
I was having same trouble with the bleeding.  The steroids (prednisone) seemed to help but the Lialda alone didn't.  They have put me on Remicade and 6MP as my GI feels I am mostly steroid dependent and doesn't want me to be on the prednisone long term.  My bleeding has subsided and hoping this will do it.  I am also taking a mesalamine enema nightly that helps.
Posted 9/16/2010 6:14 PM (GMT 0)
I wouldn't suggest prednisone at all unless you've exhausted the oral and rectal mesalamine.

You should, however...inform us of what meds you are on at this time.

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