Posted 11/29/2013 4:24 PM (GMT 0)
I hate to say it but I doubt any of that stuff caused the proctitis but it may have been a trigger that enabled it to get a hold on your system. I've used a lot of migraine medicine since diagnosis, and I've managed to stay in remission. I've never heard that maxalt and similar meds could be linked to colitis. I also took a lot of antacids without having any type of symptoms arise. I am surprised those would cause UC when they are created to reduce inflammation. I think a lot of people say stuff and try to figure out what happened but in most cases, it's probably a genetic predisposition for one reason or another. In my case, no one in my family has this illness but both of my parents have weak intenstines. They suffer from freuqent stomach upset and my father has diverticular disease. So perhaps I was predisposed. I used to go nuts try to find out what caused the UC but in reality, as much as we would like to know, it's not really productive to find out. We have it and now we are stuck with it. The best thing is to try to figure out what is required to give you the least symptoms and continue to live life normally.
I just did a search for prilosec and i didn't find anything about it causing UC. I looked quickly, i saw people using it for treatment and I saw people who had boughts of "colitis". Colitis is not the same as UC. It's a temporary condition.
NSAIDS on the other hand are definitely not good for people with ulcers and that's a fact. Try to stay away from them. Also, birth control pills with estrogen are known to increase the risk of DVT and since we have UC we are already at increased risk - an estrogen-free pill is definitely safer for us.
As for diet, it's great if it works for you, but from being a moderator here, I'd say over the years, I see about 20% of people have luck with diet. those 20% also happen to be very health conscious and try a lot of different supplements and use trial and error. I am not sure I have seen anyone who has had success with diet alone. It's always a combination. I tried the SCD diet for 3+ months and I didn't have a lick of success seeing even a mild reduction of symptoms. I got worse and worse until I weighed 95 pounds. Please be careful - thinking diet is going to give you remission is wishful thinking for many of us.
Welcome to HW. :)