Help, Uc, Prednisone 20mg

these are not serious symptoms in the 2 week range. but you might need higher dose for longer time.

you are more likely to have anxiety, insomnia, or mood symptoms in short run. but not everybody.

you should be on 5-asa drugs. don't know why doc is waiting.

how severe UC and how much of colon?

First off thank you for both of your reply's.

I just had my colonoscopy and endoscopy yesterday! I was pretty out of it when my doctor was telling my mom about my diagnosis of UC. My mom however told me that he said it wasn't the worst case but it is up there. I am still researching and familiarizing myself what what UC actually is.

I have not started my medication yet, I will start tomorrow he prescribed me Asacol 800mg tablets (2tablets 3x/day) and Prednison 20mg (2/day)

My symptoms are horrible stomach aches, especially when I eat food. Chronic diarrhea, blood in my stool, and constipation. Horrible I know but hoping this medicine works.

How any of you been on these medications?

Trust that it just takes time to stabilize and work out a regime that will keep you in remission. Everyone is different. Lots of confusion at first. Took me a year and a half to get things under control.

I think you should have been put on 5 asa first.. but anyway, I put off pred for almost 2 years, finally did 40 mg about 7 weeks ago, now at 10 but symptoms are wanting to return. Sucks.

a few things about pred-

-It acts like an amphetamine for many; jitters, some insomnia, and watch for *irritability*.. Its makes you a different person (esp on an empty stomach!)

-related to the stomach, take it WITH FOOD. If your Dr wants you to take it 2x per day (odd), then take 2 with a big breakfast, and 2 with an early lunch (this will help you sleep, dont take them late in the day). When you taper, taper your 2nd dose until its just the morning dose.

-pred affects everyone differently, it messed with my skin, making it greasier, and I got bad body acne... heinous.

-It stimulates appetite for some, so watch your eating. AVOID SALT! THis will help with the bloat/edema.

-Take it consistently (time wise) so you dont mess with your adrenals.

-You may want to take Vit D, calcium, and maybe a few other things while on it.

-It tastes like **** so have water handy and don't pause with the pills in your mouth.

I also agree uceris is a better thing to try first, but didnt do crap for me.

good luck

Pred tastes TERRIBLE omg. So glad I don't have to take it anymore.

Thanks, and btw.. thats just my brief experience. I think it affects everyone differently of course, and you may get zero sides!

I just recently finished a 4 week prednisone treatment. I started with 20mg for one week, then down by 5mg each week till done. I lost 8 pounds! The only side effects I had was sleeplessness for the first 2 weeks and increased energy which was great. The prednisone stopped all the symptoms of UC after a few days. I've only been off of it for one week and am already started to feel the UC coming back but it was great while I was on it. Good Luck!