Still Flaring? Up Meds?

I started a bad flare last August - going 20x/day, blood, mucus, urgency, cramps, the works. I was on Apriso at the time and my GI switched me to Asacol 800 3x/day and rowasa 2x/day. Once the major symptoms stopped, I decreased Asacol from 3/x a day to x2/day (I think 3x is the max dose) and I stopped with the nightly rowasa (I slowly tapered from 2x/day to nightly to every other night to every third night to none).

I generally feel okay and thankful knowing my symptoms could be much worse but I still go on average 4x/day, generally have loose stools and I can still hear the gut noises that we are all so familiar with. Question is do i do anything about these lingering effects even though they seem minor? And if what? I could go up to 3 asacol/day and do a periodic rowasa (say every 3rd night). This would just be because there is still inflammation evidenced by the lingering, albeit minor, symptoms - not because I can't deal with them.

Thanks in advance.

My GI told me to keep on full dose of mezevant for three months after symptoms disappear and then taper to maintenance dose. This was also the same for asacol rectals but was only to use steroid suppositories for two weeks after the bleeding stops. To me why stop as soon as symptoms go when your colon is still very delicate.

When I tried to taper my asacol from 3 pills a day to 2 pills a day, (I tried this several times) I had symptoms return. My doc told me to stop trying to taper.

I also would never go completely off the enemas. Maintenance to twice a week.