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Posted 4/29/2017 5:27 PM (GMT 0)
Hello!

i was recently diagnosed with uc and was immediately prescribed 4.8g of mesalamine and then 40mg of prednisone. I drastically changed my diet, cutting out all grains and dairy, eliminating sugar, fried foods and anything unhealthy......plus i take tumeric, probiotics, fish oil, l glutamine and some super green foods.

Long story short, 2 months after being diagnosed, I'm feeling great. The doctor said i can start weaning off the prednisone scool but now he is prescribing imuran which i completely dont understand!!!!

Is it necessary to be on these scary immunsuppresent drugs when symptoms are appearing better?!? I understand if we can't get things under control, but how about when we're heading down the right track?

Anyways, comments are appreciated. He wanted me to get on it right away and I've stalled for time...just want to find out what's really necessary.
Posted 4/29/2017 5:37 PM (GMT 0)
If you're on 40mg prednisone (have you been on that dose for 2 months?), you can't tell anything. Get off the pred first of all, then you'll know how you are really doing.
Posted 4/29/2017 6:47 PM (GMT 0)
you are not giving relevant info and begging a particular answer. reading between the lines, you are not fully controlled on current meds, including pred.

in this senario, as pred goes down, something new is added.

that said, taper the pred an see how things are before starting the new prescription. i chose slow improvement on Lialda over a year rather than 6mp.
Posted 4/29/2017 6:50 PM (GMT 0)
Nearly everyone feels wonderful on high doses of prednisone. It's totally fake though as prednisone only works while you're on it and pred is temporary. We can flare as we taper down the pred.

I'm on those scary immunosuppressive drugs (3+ years) and haven't experienced a single side effect from them. In fact side effects are very rare on them (less than 1 percent of Uc patients experience them). What i have experienced is a remission.

Tell us more about your diagnosis. Do you have UC with pancolitis (whole large intestine involvement), proctosigmoiditis (rectum and sigmoud colon involvement), or proctitis (only rectum involvement)? Was the inflammation seen mild, moderate, or severe? Were you hospitilized?

Just really trying to figure out the severity and extent of your ulcerative colitis involvement (to see if imuran is appropriate).
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