Do you take Asacol (Salofalk) tablets while you are on Prednisone?

Asacol is a maintenance med so often people will take pred if while on Asacol they start to flare, in the hopes that the pred will stop the flare in it's tracks, taking both is not uncommon.

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I don't know, I've never had treatment that way, would that be prednilsone (sp?) cuz I think the liquid/IV version of pred is prednilsone...of course many docs have different ideas of treatment, how many trips/day are you making?

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So basically on average you go about 10X/day...that's basically a moderate flare (just comparing to myself of course)...maybe try prednisone (pill form) first then see how that goes, then move onto prednilsone (liquid)...glad the stinging issue is getting better, I myself have only ever had success with cortifoam....salofalk never did a thing for me.

Good news is you do have some options, some different combos to play around with, I sure hope you find relief soon though.


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That's pred for ya, it's considered a "bandaid" med it usually helps booster the maintenance meds.

Good luck, hope you find full remission soon and if so it's probably a really good idea to continue with your maintenance meds, many will drop them when they hit full remission only to end up flaring again shortly after.

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I don't know, I've always been put on 40mg for the first two weeks straight and then tapered after that by a pill a week until getting about 3 weeks left then tapering down by 1/2 a pill.

You want to be careful, you don't want to stay on a high dose of pred for too long, the side effects are sure to get you then and there can be long term side effects from being on high doses of pred for too long.

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