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Posted 2/7/2014 4:17 PM (GMT 0)
Just needed the opinion from my healing well family. I'm currently in a flare-up and taking prednisone 40mg a day. Well I'm also going through a bit of a stressful period right now. Last night I my joints started to hurt; my knees and ankles along with blood in the stool.

I stopped taking my hydrocortisone enema two weeks ago. My current GI doctor isn't worth a darn and I see a new one next month. My question is...with starting the enemas back up help with the inflammation below? Is it necessary that they are taken at night before bed?

Any advice would help! 

Posted 2/7/2014 4:59 PM (GMT 0)
How long have you been on 40mg? When I took pred, I was lucky in the way that I was pretty much symptom free very quickly. I didn't really need to take any additional medication while on pred until I tapered down. If i were having symptoms, I would have definitely continued with my rectal meds, cortisone enemas or rowasa, whatever works best for you and you're able to retain. There really isn't any solid answer that works for everyone with this illness so you need to figure out what is going to work for you. Some people respond very quickly to pred, others take a long time. My problem was that I was unable to taper off without my symptoms returning. It's really unpredictable and frustrating. Try to keep your stress as low as possible. Pred definitely causes the joint issues :( It's an awful drug but you have to taper it as directed. How are your symptoms?
Posted 2/7/2014 5:15 PM (GMT 0)
This is my second week on it. Last week I was on 50 mg day...each week it will drop 10 mg until I'm down to 5 mg a day. By trips to the bathroom and starting to increase, along with the blood in the stool, mild cramping, and of course joint pain.
I'm just hoping I can stop it before it gets worse. This is at least my third time being on prednisone, but I've heard it can effect your body differently each time you're put on it.
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