Taper schedule: Hydrocortisone Enemas

Hello:

Quick question...I'm taking 2 hydrocortisone enemas per day, one in the morning and one at night. I have been doing this for two months. Long story short is I feel great; these have helped me a TON. I am however experiencing some side effects. THey are no big deal (a little weight gain, fat face :) ). I'd like to start coming off of them.

What's the typical way you start tapering off of two a day?

Thanks in advance for the advice!

ag

I would start using them once a day and substituting with the Rowasa for the 2nd enema. Eventually, will have to try using it every other day and using Rowasa or Canasa for the other. Hopefully you can get down to using one Rowasa or Canasa a day. Don't rush, you may have to do 2 hydro a day and use a Rowasa every other day in place of one of the steroid enemas and gradually introduce more Rowasa. Some people have great results with Rowasa - some do better on them than steroid enemas so *maybe* it will be easier than you imagine. I hope so!