Rowasa - better for rectal or segmoid area?

Hi everyone! I am wondering whether Rowasa is better at addressing inflammation in the sigmoid or rectum. From my experience, I am noticing that it works well on the sigmoid but not rectum (where Canasa helps better). I have another thread going regarding my experience with both, but long story short - I am noticing that after switching to Rowasa from Canasa my rectal inflammation is returning... Did anyone have a similar experience?

My words exactly, hateuc. Ditto.

Let me add....you want to make sure the vulnerable area of the upper rectum and into the sigmoid is treated. For those who say that enemas skip the rectum its a falacy. Theremis a way to make sure of i creased coverage of applying more in that area and adding suppositories after bms in the morning.

It's a long process, and I urge tapering (process as well) to maintenance.

Keep us updated on how it's going for you. There are always tweaks and combinations. Know that you dont need to be on pred, but steroid supps, or liquid /foam enemas can be options.

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Thanks for the replies! I visited my GI yesterday and he prescribed hydrocortisone enemas for a month together with Rowasa (at the same time). He also said to decrease Lialda to 2 per day. I decided to wait for couple of days though before turning to steroids. I will try the suggestions above first.

I had the same reaction, so I double checked. Yes, he did say to do them at the same time at night... I never heard of doing that before, but thought maybe he knows something I don't. I am wondering if I'll manage to hold them both in...