Just wanted to give an update. My GI increased me to 60mg prednisone. After 4 days, so far not much improvement (if any) - bms 9-12+/24h with killer cramps and blood. The only other option at this...
I went on pred a few weeks ago to stop the never-ending bleeding, and halfway through a "pulse" type taper I got suddenly soooo much worse with D, cramping, urgency - the works, even at night. I...
Tab & princesscolon - do you get D? if so, when do you have D symptoms and when do you have C symptoms? thanks. doodledoo & braille - as others have posted, and in my experience too, sometimes it is...
Here is where I found it: http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec02/ch018/ch018c.html I'd been on the pill for...7 years when diagnosed with UC, but looking back, some problems started not too long after going...
Anyone know whether "contraceptive-induced colitis" is just another type of non-UC colitis? Or is it possible that the BC pill can cause UC? Have any of you found your symptoms got better/worse after...
Interesting....I guess that's the question I had on Katie Rose's posting, which is how it can be no D ever showing up for some of the people who responded, when that's sort of the classic UC symptom....
You guys rock. I need to check back more often, obviously...didn't even see these last few responses, sorry! I did go meet with my GI and went up to 9, then 12 Asacol, plus nightly Rowasa (it's been...
quincy - I hope you can bear with another question if you read this - my books just don't really get into this level of detail for some reason and just say UCers have D, period. And no one else wants...
Thanks for confirming, Sara14! And sooo glad to find a few people with similar symptoms! My dr. should have stuck with his original description, which sounds like what gdfairy explained. I wonder if...
I can relate. My symptoms on dx were C, severe cramping, blood, mucus, (urgency, frequency with the latter 2), bloating, and frequent mouth ulcers. I haven't had D at all. I asked my dr. and his...
Hi everyone, a newbie here. I was diagnosed earlier this year and at first, the Asacol/Rowasa combo worked great. So great that I thought maybe I didn't have UC after all and nearly dropped the meds....