Remicade doesn't last quite long enough

Have you had your levels checked? You may not be at a therapeutic dosage.

My dosage and frequency were recently increased to 7.5mg/kg every six weeks.

I just recently had my levels checked because I would start getting symptoms after 6 weeks (I'm at 5mg every 8 weeks). My levels were perfect. So I started experimenting with my Colazal. Turns out that I don't need as many. I'm now at 6 a day and doing better.

But some people have their Remi wear off sooner, how long have you been on it?

If you just finished your loading doses and made it to 5 weeks, you're actually doing very well. Right now it's too early to tell if the medicine is going to work properly for you. You should give it about 3-4 for more infusions to see if the dose needs to be adjusted.

When i first started remicade, my doctor also put me on sulfazalazine. (the maximum dose too 4 pills in the morning, 4 at night) but that was because i am intolerant to mesalamines

Besides pred, have you tried any other oral meds? What about rectal meds? Can you please provide a bit more about your history?

This is what I'm on in addition to Remicade

budesonide - tapering
hydrocortisone enema
Imuran – 175 mg

The top two are steroids though.