Steroid Enema/Foam

i used something called proctofoam, sadly my inflammation was far more diffused than I expected and it didn't help much. also did colocort enemas and again, it didn't really do the trick for me. if your inflammation is limited to the rectum then it would be more effective

I used Cortifoam, and in the past, I'd used the retention enemas. If you just have rectal inflammation, you might see improvement within a day or two. I liked the foam (it was much easier to retain, and I could still take mesalamine enemas afterwards), but unfortunately, my inflammation was much too severe and diffuse for it to keep helping.

Since you've been using it for almost a month and not seeing improvements, it sounds like your inflammation might be too high up. I'd talk to your doctor about a scope, if it's been a while since your last one. Retention enemas might be a better idea, since they can hit the whole sigmoid colon.

The only rectal med that works for me is cortifoam...the tougher the flare, the longer it can take to work and going off of it too soon can also cause symptoms/inflammation to reappear quickly...I've had to be on it for as long as one year before tapering off of it once because I let it go too long before treating it...hard lesson learned.

Hi..are you going as many times as you were two weeks ago? or has it improved?

Maybe twice a day will help or you could try doing two dosages at once at bedtime. It will probably go farther up, unless the extra substance in your rectum/colon triggers a bm.

What other meds are you on?

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Blood has def. gone down - I barely see blood in stool and just a little bit in the tissue. But, otherwise frequency and urgency still the same - going about 6-7 times a day. It feels like my urgency and frequency issues will never ever go away.