prednisone

I'm on my second flare and have been on prednisone for 2 months now with no relief.

After my first flare pred worked pretty fast.  My Gi is telling me now since it's been 2 months the pred is not going to work this time.

Has anyone had problems with pred the second or third around?  Did you stick with it and did it work months later? 

I want to try another month or two.  However, my GI is saying remicide or surgery. This relapse is really bad, however, I don't think I need surgery yet. I think the asa compounds just inflame me more.  

i need help, i was diag on may 2011, i relapsed in march 2012 for first time and still on predisone i was on 40mg tapered off, i was doing fine and getting normal symptoms till i reached the last week of pred which was about a month ago then symptoms came back , gi put me back on 20mg of pred and have to taper off i am down to 5mg now and still have d, whenever i eat i have the urge to go to restroom ( food runs through me ) , i even went back to rice and chicken and sandwhiches using chicken i chopped up into small pieces and soft foods, drink water , nothing working i myself am looking for responses to how long and are these condtions normal ?



bye bye since you had surgery can you play sports like hockey or any active recreational like going to gym and lifting weights

Hi ineedhelp,
Sorry things are so rough for you!!
What other meds are you on?

     I hear ya....I took prednisone off and on for twelve long years.  Personally, I believe every time you go on it, you need higher and higher doses for longer periods of time before it does the trick.  Before surgery, I was prednisone dependent for two years and it was killing me.