Posted 5/14/2011 12:48 PM (GMT 0)
Hi minu1 - welcome to the forum!
Where are you located?
If you could please not post in all capital letters, that would help us. All CAPS are harder to read and are considered impolite, like shouting. So - now you know.
I am sorry for your bleeding! Is 20 the biggest dose of omnacortil that you have been on? If it is equivalent to prednisone, 20 mg is possibly not a high enough dose to really help. Certainly, because of the side effects and potential side effects, none of us want to be on high doses of steroids, and none of us want to stay on them a long time, but perhaps you need a high dose for w few weeks in order to really address your symptoms?
And how about the Colazal...? Could you boost that up to 8 a day....?
Many of us here find rectal retention enemas helpful. They are available as mesalamine-based formulas or steroid based. They put the medication directly on the affected area, where the oral medications don't really reach all the way to the bottom of the GI tract.
Good luck!