I'm a nurse (and UC patient!) and what we do for constipated patients in the hospital is what we call a brown cow. Warm prune juice mixed with milk of magnesia. Never fails. I just want to say though...
Absorption issues can also cause iron deficient anemia. With the flare, it's possible you weren't ingesting enough and what you were ingesting wasn't being properly absorbed. Also, there could have...
Guardasil is NOT a live vaccine. I did my entire course of Guardasil (couple years ago) while I was on Imuran and was absolutely fine....
Just a quick correction - Colifoam actually can enter the bloodstream. This is especially likely if the bowel is inflamed. While you don't get as much systemically as taking steroids orally, it's not...
I am currently on my second round of prednisone since my diagnosis. The first time I was up to 60 mg/day and I'm currently at 40 mg/day. I had tapered off this time around, but bleeding and diarrhea...
I know I'm late to the topic, but I've been on Lialda for two years now and have also experienced the brownish urine (as well as brownish purple color of the dried "splash back" in the toilet - I...
Thanks for all yor advice! I think I'm going to go the carrying on route. I'm just now starting to feel better (on the Rowasa) and I don't want to risk not having them on my trip!...
Hi, I'm new to posting here, but have been lurking and using the information being posted for a little while. I have ulcerative colitis and recently went into a minor flare. It was being controlled...