At one point my GI switched me from Apriso to Balsalazide, which is generic colazol. Although its a different drug, its supposed to have similar/same affect, and is generic so its much cheaper....
Prednisone has been very helpful to me. I am completely intollerant to the 5-asa meds so I cannot take them. Prednisone alone has put my UC in remission. I have experienced some side effects (joint...
Beeswax, I will talk with him about that if my UC symtoms return. As of now no problems with that on only the Pred. subdued, Long story short I ended up in the hospital (now we know it was the side...
Well I just got back from my GI doc, his opinion is the same, as what you said kops2da, that I just can't tolerate mesalamine of any type. He did agree to slow my pred taper to 5mg instead of 10, and...
I hope the new doc is great! I am in the process of finding one I like, and it sure can be a process... good luck....
So I am sure this has been covered before but I just wanted to ask if what I am experiencing sounds like what others have felt during a prednisone taper. Background info is that I had been on...
I had an awful reaction to Asacol and Apriso. Nausea, Stomach Pain, Heartburn, chest pain etc. And it didn't help my UC symptoms. If anything, made them worse. It put me in the hospital for 5 days...
AFO called our PCP to get a referral to Mayo. They finally called back on Saturday (one of those stupid auto-response message systems) and they instead referred me to the GI they usually refer people...
Yep, checked for both. ...
This is AFO's husband. Thanks for the info AZYooper on the Mayo clinic. We have been trying to get in there but their GI department is not accepting new patients right now, we will keep calling....