I've never been on Pentasa, but same thing happened to me on Asacol. I was taking 6 pills twice daily. I didn't notice until I was in the hospital with a bad flare and I could see a few completely...
The most I've lost is around 25lbs in 6 weeks during my last flare. Down to around 110lbs from my normal of around 135. I've had 3 flares since being diagnosed almost three years ago now and every...
All I would say is good luck and hope it works for you! I just started Lialda 2 months ago and it's worked great for me. I haven't had any side effects or anything so not much I can tell you there. I...
I was on asacol for 2 years and just switched to Lialda 2 months ago. They switched me because I was in the hospital with a bad flare and they saw a lot of undissolved asacol pills just sitting...
Imuran is not all bad for everyone. I've been on 6MP (more or less the same thing. Imuran is converted to 6mp in the liver) for about 2 years now and it's been great for me. I've had no side...
yeah it just means there is blood in your stools. A high fecal WBC also shows there's some inflammation in your colon. If you've already been diagnosed with UC or some other type of IBD or are...
Oh yeah I didn't even think about the weight gain. I've definitely been putting on weight pretty fast the last 2 or 3 weeks. Makes sense because it just feels tight. Not itchy at all. I'll definitely...
Immodium usually works pretty well for me. I've always got a box of it in my medicine cabinet. I don't use it too often tho. And when I do I don't take a lot. Maybe just a couple pills on a bad day...
Hey guys. I've been on 50mg/day of 6MP (up from 25mg/day before) for about 3 weeks now and for the past 2 weeks or so my skin has been really dry. It looks and feels really dry all over. I have to...
I've been on 6MP (what I take is the generic for Purinethol) for UC for about 2 years now and it's been working pretty well for me. But I just had my dose raised from 25mg/day to 50mg/day after a...
It probably depends on how well you usually respond to different doses more than anything. And that can vary a lot from person to person and even flare to flare. How many mg's do you usually start...
I agree, it's probably the presdisone. I'm tapering from 60 (can't imagine 100!) where i'd been for about 3 months now and as soon as i got to down 40mg I started having the joint pains. I'm also on...
Ironically, constipation can definitely be a symptom of UC. Especially around when you're flaring. I never had problems with constipation until i got UC actually. You probably want to stay away from...
I say give it more time. I was in the same situation as you. I'd been on Asacol (4pills 3x a day) for about a year and a half after I was first diagnosed with UC along with 25mg of 6mp a day. At...
First off ,sorry you're on prednisone again. It works beautifully for most people but it's a nasty drug when it comes to side effects. Good thing you're tapering off it pretty quickly tho. Anyway, I...
The mail-order pharmacy sounds great! I've never heard of that before. I'll definitely look into it....
So I seem to have terrible luck with pharmacies. Having UC I have a lot of prescriptions and I feel like I end up dealing with pharmacy crap way more than I need to. I've had my prescriptions at 2...
Thanks a lot! I'll definitely give the Tylenol Arthritis a try. If that doesn't work I'll talk to my GI about a prescription I can just take as needed. I think that would be fine considering I don't...
Oh, I forgot Prednisone- 30mg a day...
Hi! First of all I'm new here! googling UC related questions has landed me here a lot so I finally decided to get an account! Anyway, I've had UC for about 2 years now (17 when Diagnosed and 19 now)....