curly girl

Has anyone had hives while tapering steroids (entocort in particular)? I just finished my last dose today, but have been tapering for 2 weeks now. And have hives for the last week. It's driving me...

In an attempt to find remission and avoid pred I asked my GI if a rectal med might be worth a try. He prescribed canasa. Well I tried it tonight and the darn thing kept slipping out! Any tips for...

Thanks for all the advice. I decided to go with the Lialda since he said it would be safest if I would become pregnant (which would be possible if I was healthy). At first I had asked about rectal...

So, do you take it during a flare? I'm flaring now and if it might help firm things up, I'll try it....

Hello, I haven't posted in a long time, but I've now found myself in the first flare in over a year. I was wondering if anyone is or has been on entocort for a flare? If so, did it work and what were...

I'm currently taking 9 asacols per day (tapering down). I had a month long flare up in August. I've been in remission since then. Prior to August, I was in remission since my intitial diagnosis....

I know it's hard for you to eat a lot right now (I've been there). But I know I have to take my asacol with food or I do get an upset stomach. Asacol has worked wonders for me, I have responded well....

The previous poster addressed most of the questions, so I'm not going to double up on those responses. However, if you are not holding down fluids or solids and you're bleeding to the degree you are,...

When I started to get symptoms again, I talked to my doctor and he upped my asacol from 6 to 12. I guess 6 is the maintance dose and 12 is treatment/flare up dose. I've been slowly tappering them...

Can anyone recommend ways to manage joint pain - meds or other means? I thought there was a post on here recently, but I did a search and it's not anywhere to be found. My joint pain has increased...

Hi Quincy, No I never started the canasa - I wanted to see if the pills worked first. But now I at least have the script so if things flare again, I can just use it. When I was first DX I responded...

As anyone experienced constipation as a result of their asacol? I was recently upped to the max dose (12). And I've literally gone from one extreme to the other (if you know what I mean). Any ideas...

One thing that I was DX with prior to the UC was having the h. pylori bacteria. Apparently it is a tricky bacteria that can "mask" itself so its hard to find. I believe there is a test that can be...

Has anyone successfully lowered their cholesterol through diet and exercise while controlling their UC? Right now my UC is for the most part under control. However, I still do not handle fresh fruits...