Help im having diarrhea is it the colazal?

Ok yesterday i took 1 colazal at breakfast, lunch and dinner.  Woke up about midnight with the worse gut pain and thought i was gonna throw up or die!  Ended up running to the toliet all night with diarrhea! Did anyone else have this problem with colazal in the beginning and then it went away?Gosh i so wanted this med to work! I gotta go back to work next week!Help please!Thanks!

Doors12
My rx bottle says 3 tabs once daily. I think thats odd because most here are taking 6 to 9 a day. Do you think its a mistake? Im gonna call my drs office. Im still having diarrhea but not as bad. This morning i took all 3 at once. Thanks for responding!

Quincy
Ya i seem to be doing better! My drs office is closed today so i called my pharmacy and they said it was right, 3 tabs once a day. Im gonna keep taking them. Thanks for your encouragement.

Butterfly,

Like you, I was on 12 Asacol a day and just swiched to Colazal a few days ago too. Given that we were on the same high dosage of Asacol it does seem a bit odd that you're now on a low dosage of 3 Colazal a day and I'm on a high dosage of 12 Colazal a day.

Obviously, apart from other things, the dosage depends on the extent of the disease and whatever other meds you're on. But, do you think it may be that you're not taking enough of the Colazal and that's what is causing the D? 

This is just my (uneducated) observation and your GI specialist should know better and be able to offer a more definitive answer Since we've both switched at the same time from the same meds I thought I'd offer an opinion.  Hope you're fine soon!

Hi...defintely call the doc and take the lowest possible dosage that will allow you to feel better. That way....when you have active inflammation/symptoms, you can increase again...then maybe decrease to a maintenance dosage.

Are you on any rectal meds as well? You could create a signature so that I/we don't keep asking you the same questions repeatedly.

Seems the Colazal is agreeing with you.

quincy

Rio
I seem to be doing better too. The pain isnt as bad and im not bleeding and bms are less. I started having diarrhea about an hour ago. Please let me know how to get the urgency under control, im supposed to be going back to work this week! At this point im leary about leaving the house. Thanks and pray you continue to get better!

ucx 20yrs
colazal 3 daily
ativan as needed
ambien 1 a night
vicodin as needed
pepcid

Butterfly,

How are you handling the colazal now and how has it been going back to work?

I was fine when I initially made the switch to Colazal but the past couple of days I've had a lot more BMs than when I was on Asacol. Maybe it'll take a bit more time to get used to the meds (my concern is that I've got to go overseas next week and hope thing settle down by then!). If and when I'm able to get the urgency under control I'll give you an update; but so far the urgency is still there (big time).

How awful for this to happen to you. I know of two families with kids have gone through the same thing....spreads quickly.

I can imagine with the added stress of going back to work and now with you and your son sick, it'll take a while for things to start to level out.
You have lots to deal with other than yourself...which I know I'd be inconsolable and totally distressed if I were in your situation.

Did your GI increase the Colazal? Are you on any rectal meds?

Would you be able to possibly go back part time rather than full-time?
Are you married and have support from your husband or other family or friends? Maybe someone can give you a bit of extra help so that you can get back to things at a more steady rate?
I hope that once you start to feel better, you'll feel more optimistic about the change of going back to work.


quincy

Sorry to hear that you're not better.  Hopefully the Colazal will kick in soon.  I can relate well to UC testing your patience as well as your budget but don't let things get to you.  I have been on liquids for the past day or so to try to give my digestive system a slight break and feel better after doing so - do you think that might help you too?

I just started Colazal 2 weeks ago and began having severe D 2 days ago along with lots of bleeding and cramping. My dr. upped my Pred today from 10mg to 30 because of it. He wants to give it time to see if its just side effects that will go away, another flare starting or an adverse reaction. I had to miss work to day because the D has made it hard for me to sit down, or walk, i more like waddle. I never experience cramping when I'm having a flare, only when a drug isn't liking me. In fact before I ever began taking any meds, I had no pain whatsoever from the UC. Every drug I've tried has ended up making me so sick I go to the hospital. I'm really hoping that this is just the bad side effects that will go away once my body adjusts. I hope its the same for you butterfly1 and that you feel better soon!

Ya i know the maintanence dose is 3 tabs 3 x aday so ive called twice to double check and both times the M.A. said that my gi said 3tabs a day.
Ill let you know how im doing. Thanks guys.