I've noticed that when I take a fairly hefty dose of Asacol I feel the side-effects much more prominently than if I take a much smaller dose. So, I'd definitely call your Dr. and see if it's okay if...
I believe the dosing instructions for Asacol specifically state that if you miss a dose that you're supposed to take it soon thereafter. But, if you get close to the next dose then you should skip it...
I've had it take anywhere from overnight to 3 weeks for the pred to start making a difference. As with darn near everything else with this silly disease, it seems completely random to me....
I've been using a Google-docs spreadsheet to track meds/BMs/consistency/etc (I'll only note food if I'm "bad") for the past 2 months now. I'm finding it very handy....
Well, ya know, several hundred years ago autism was pretty much unheard of. Besides vaccinations, I wonder what else has changed in the interim. Hmm... I know, most children are born in sterile...
CBusTaylor, I'll reiterate what a few have mentioned; many of the drugs we take (pred's a big one) have psychological side-effects which include decreased sex-drive. Furthermore, when flaring, I find...
I've seen 2 studies so far that tried using VSL#3 to treat UC. The first used 4 packets (1800 billion bacteria) per day, and the other used twice that; they both had pretty good remission rates, so...
I've tried as much as 9 Asacol per day (3 pills 3x per day) but that many actually seems to cause very fluidic BMs -- we're talking pissing out of my arse level of fluidic. Though, it does seem to...
Choo choo! Let's get this train a movin'!...
Since this disease sucks so much, it's always nice to introduce a bit of levity whenever possible. So, if you have a funny/entertaining "solution" to your disease that was suggested by a family...
I'm in Canada as well (Saskatoon)...
Just watch when you take them relative to your other meds. Since it adjusts the ph balance in your stomach, tums can affect the effectiveness of some medications (says so on the bottle). The tums...
I tried it for about 3 weeks back in the tail end of '06. It caused drug-induced hepatitis, so I had to get off it; but, it worked really well for those 3 weeks, and for several weeks after I stopped...
Not being a doctor, I can't say for certain. But, here's a semi-wild guess. Cipro is an antibotic; apparently it inhibits bacteria replication. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciprofloxacin) So, my...
I just heard about some really promising research into the use of VSL #3 in inducing remission for UC patients. Specifically,...
Immodium's pretty hit & miss for me. Sometimes it'll work great, sometimes it'll stop me having to run to the washroom but I'll get painful intestinal bloat that I can't seem to release, and...
I've just routinized it. I only have 2 dosing times -- that I try to keep around 12hrs apart. When I get up in the morning, I'll gather all the days pills into an older (smaller) prescription bottle...
Mild tangent. Are we talking the 400mg tablets here? (I don't know if they come in any other dosage) I've, personally, never tried more than 9/day of those to try to control a flare; and that's...
Nope, no rectal meds. 5 years with UC, and 2 GIs in 2 different cities; neither have even so much as mentioned 'em. The drop to 20mg is from 25mg; I taper at 5mg steps when above 20mg, and by 2.5mg...
I think that everyone with an SO and one of these bowel diseases feels guilty to some extent. I lost count of the number of times that we've had to cancel plans, or just couldn't leave the house,...
Hi all, I've been trying to debug (for lack of a better term) the causes of flares in my disease for a very long time now, and I think I've made pretty decent progress over the years; I know that...