Had been on uceris for about
3 weeks and for most of that it seemed to be a wonder drug, getting me off my low dose pred and seeming to promise me a nice comfy final weeks before I wave my colon bye bye, good riddance. Anyway, suddenly out of the blue I got continuos severe watery D incl bloody mucus and sky high pain like a UC flare. Dismissed the idea that it could be uceris, since I had been doing well, so added pred eventually ending up high dose in a few days. No relief except blood no longer visible.
Finally decided to try stopping uceris. Symptoms have rapidly improved (from 20-25 liquid D to 5-7 muddy stools). Tapering pred to moderate doses without issues already. There is NOTHING in the literature re side effects like these for uceris but I could feel the relief the instant the drug withered away from my gut lining. I may be a rare case of someone with a lot if hypersensitivity reactions to the enteric coatings used to reach the colon but I thought it important to share this- especially since I did so great on uceris for a few weeks and only then seemed to suddenly lose tolerance.
Gotta love life through better chemicals.
Post Edited (Probiotic) : 4/15/2013 7:09:25 AM (GMT-6)