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Posted 2/1/2013 8:26 PM (GMT 0)
Has anyone used anusol HC suppositories for stubborn unhealing rectum inflammation. Did it help? How does it compare to the HC enema? I am getting ready to try the suppostiories staring today!
Posted 2/1/2013 11:18 PM (GMT 0)
I use them when the low down rectum is having problems. I have never used the steroid enemas, but I use the mesalamine ones. Even though I withdraw the enemas while squeezing the med so it gets to the bottom..from time to time that very bottom acts up. In that case, I break out the trusty Anucort HC and it def. helps. Be aware though the supps leak--so when you pass gas do so at your own risk..lol. Good luck and hope it helps you!
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Posted 2/2/2013 12:25 AM (GMT 0)
I use the anucort supps for treatment of hemorrhoids and get the generic version from Walmart Pharmacy.....a lot cheaper.

My GI told me that suppositories do not reach far enough to treat colitis. I'm on mesalamine enemas for left sided inflammation.
Posted 2/2/2013 1:27 AM (GMT 0)
The suppositories have about 25mg hydrocortisone. The hydrocortisone enemas have about 100mg - so as long as you take 3 of them a day and most inflammation is in the rectum - should it be equally effective?
Posted 2/2/2013 2:39 AM (GMT 0)
I've used the suppositories a ton over the last 8 years. I will typically use those in the am (they are easy to retain) and then an enema in the pm.
Posted 2/2/2013 2:41 AM (GMT 0)
These are over the counter?
Posted 2/3/2013 9:46 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks guys - but I'm not sure if this answers my questions. Basically, I started canasa mesalamine suppositories. But, I wonder. I am currently taking vedolizumab for about 6 months now and it has healed everything but the rectum and some of the sigmoid colon (I had pancolitis to begin with). Vedolizumab works by blocking the inflammatory process. From what I know of mesalamine, it also works by blocking certain inflammatory substances so in essence it also blocks the inflammatory process. If vedolizumab hasn't been able to do much with the rectum, why would mesalamine suppositories, which have similar mechanisms, do anything for the rectum?

Shouldn't I just take something different like hydrocortisone suppositories? And if so, are they strong enough because several have said that the foam is much stronger and that the suppositories are too weak. Most of my inflammation is in my rectum so it's not about needing to go up further.
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