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Posted 12/16/2012 4:16 PM (GMT 0)
Five weeks ago I sarted a flare of my proctitis. Immediately started my Asocol suppossitories (500mg) once a dy at night. Things were going well untill I recently ran out of Asocol. So while I was waiting for my prescription I used some Pentasa ones which I had to stopp using when I had my first flare. I took these which were a 1g dose for five days and thats when my troubles started. I started the asacol again when i got them but at a higher dose of 2x 500mg a day. The day I started these I got intense lower abdominal pain and much more blood and mucous (Whilst taking the lower dose this had actually stopped). This pain lasted for a week. I stopped the suppositories for two days and started again at the lower dose. one this third day I had loads of blood and mucous.
My IBD nurse said that the pain was to coincidental with increasing the dose.
I think I have brought this on myself by-
1. Using the pentasa when I know it upset me before
2. Possibly increasing the Asacol dose.
3. that it took two days after stopping the asacol fot the symptoms to reaappear. I maybe should have just carried on with the asacol
4. Thought the pain was a urine infection so had antibiotics.

Any way the nurse said don't do any rectal meds over the weekend and use Pred foam enama as a backup/

HOWEVER - why wait when things are still getting worse so I started it today (Sunday)

Wish I had just stuck with 500mg of asacol because they did seem to be working.

What do you think?
Posted 12/16/2012 4:26 PM (GMT 0)
You did this all by yourself without consulting your GI or GP? Its fine for the proctitis but antibiotics without doc approval is not a good idea they could be the real issue here.
Posted 12/16/2012 4:31 PM (GMT 0)
Doctor gave me tyhe antibiotics after a consultation with him. I had this pain last year and it was a urine infection. I know antibiotics don't do us any favours.
Posted 12/16/2012 4:41 PM (GMT 0)
You should always keep doing what works and not switch and you should make sure that you never run out of something that is working. What antibiotic did you take? Did you take any probiotics while on the antibiotics? Do you take any probiotics at all, ever? I'm sorry to say but you probably did bring this on by yourself.
Posted 12/16/2012 5:19 PM (GMT 0)
Can't remember what the antibiotics were and I have chucked the box out now. I take probiotics all the time and have doubled them while taking the antibiotics.

I need to do what the ibd nurse says but apart of me wants to start asacol again. I know switching was the wrong thing to do now. Wish I hadn't been so stupid. But also I wonder whether I was going to react to the supps anyway because last time I reacted to the pentasa. Suppose I won't know.
Wonder if when I have used the predfoam that I could start the asacol supps if necessary again. I am still taking my oral mezavant.
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