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Posted 3/22/2015 7:51 PM (GMT 0)
Has anyone tried the newly FDA approved Uceris Foam? How has your experience been?
Posted 3/23/2015 12:56 AM (GMT 0)
Just wondering how you are doing with Entyvio? Any luck getting IVIG?
Posted 3/23/2015 1:58 AM (GMT 0)
Isint it just the same thing as rectal Entocort?
Posted 3/23/2015 2:17 AM (GMT 0)

Marauder93 said...
Isint it just the same thing as rectal Entocort?

is there such a thing (in Canada?) Or is this the same as cortifoam/protifoam? i've used both, but really don't notice a difference....
Posted 3/23/2015 3:18 AM (GMT 0)
I haven't tried it but we have a user on entyvio that was recently prescribed it. I can't remember her username right now... Have you tried cortifoam? it has to be very similar, no? I wonder what the benefit of uceris foam is over something like cortifoam.
Posted 3/23/2015 5:07 AM (GMT 0)
It was me who got an Rx for it, but it's apparently not on the market in the US yet. I think it's available in Europe but not here. I was excited to try it, but I guess I'll have to wait. I don't know when it will be available.

Elisa
Posted 3/23/2015 9:20 AM (GMT 0)
supposedly the uceris foam delivers the medicine up higher than the cortifoam
"extending up to 40cm from the anal verge".
Posted 3/23/2015 9:43 AM (GMT 0)
just looked up uceris foam on my insurance plan and yes it is available according to the caremark website under my plan now. it was not available a month ago, because I looked for it. It is expensive though $250.00 for a months supply. I wonder if it is less systematic than the hydrocortisone enemas which I love, by the way.
Posted 3/23/2015 3:56 PM (GMT 0)
the max I can pay with my insurance is $50 I think. I pay that for cortifoam. If this goes higher, I would try it for sure!!

elw, it was totally you I was thinking of :)

How are you feeling?
Posted 3/23/2015 4:21 PM (GMT 0)
As of 2 weeks ago Uceris Foam was not in production. I called the drug company. There was a "production error." The person I spoke to said there was not a firm date on when production would start.

If anyone knows any different please let me know! I am not having much luck w/ Entyvio and my GI wants me to add this in.
Posted 3/24/2015 1:30 AM (GMT 0)
pink, have you tried oral uceris?
Posted 3/24/2015 3:41 AM (GMT 0)
The IBD nurse practitioner at Cedars Sinai said it is supposed to be much stronger than other steroid enemas.
Posted 3/25/2015 12:24 AM (GMT 0)
I have tried oral Uceris twice. I just came off it last week after 6 weeks on it w/ no change.
Posted 3/26/2015 2:06 AM (GMT 0)
Notsosicklygirl, I'm doing well! I had a setback for about a week but figured out it was the Rowasa enemas causing the problems. I quit them, and the bleeding cleared right up. Now I have just a tiny bit of blood, some mucus (which I think is normal--my colon will still produce it). And, I can sleep through the night, which I haven't done for about seven months! I think the Entyvio is helping as well. My fourth infusion is next week, which I'm excited about.

Elisa
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