Lomotil for Diarrhea

I take the pain meds for severe arthritis in multiple joints. I've had a knee injury that required surgery and now the arthritis is really severe along with a bone spur. There is also arthritis in the other knee. I also have arthritis in both shoulders along with another bone spur in my left one. Carpal tunnel in right hand(already had the carpal tunnel surgery on the left hand). I am also starting to have a lot of pain in my back and my doctor confirmed degenerative disc disease with x-rays and MRI.

I take the pain meds as little as I can stand, but without any I struggle doing anything physical.

I really don't have an answer for that. I think I will ask him if he can be a little more aggressive at treating the UC and not masking the symptoms.

I don't take the pain meds for the UC though, I have those for all my joint pain. My GP prescribes the meds for pain. I actually probably take less than half of what he has said I can take for my pain, so I really try to limit the pain meds as much as possible. Sometimes I get by with just taking some in the morning when I wake up which is when my pain is the worst and try not to take anymore the rest of the day unless I have to.

Is it true that taking NSAID's like advil or aleve can be bad for me with having UC? I've been told that those meds can be hard on your digestive system and could worsen some symptoms of my UC.

Yeah, I wish I could be just a little constipated for a change. LOL

Up until I started having these problems and was DX'ed with UC-Pancolitis, my GP had me taking 800mg Ibuprofen 2-3 times daily for my pain and an occasional Tramadol as needed. After I starting having these digestive problems he said not to take any NSAID's anymore and that he would prescribe other pain meds as needed within reason, of course.

If I completely stopped all pain meds though, I wouldn't be able to do a lot of things including playing with my 4 year old son or even getting up and down stairs with my bad knees.

I would happily stop taking them if my ortho doc could do some surgeries or something to decrease or completely stop most of my pain.

Denial? I've accepted the pancolitis DX and I am willing to do anything that will help. My doctor just hasn't mentioned anything other than the Pentasa. I guess it is time for me to ask him about other meds like the mesalamine enemas instead of waiting on him.