I have been on Remicade for nearly 6 years and love it. I've never gone into full remission but it's close enough that I'm happy (early mornings are off limits but by 8:30/9:00 I'm fine). I only need...
I'm not sure when it kicked in. I had been taking prednisone, which was doing the job. Six months or so, after starting Remi, I weened myself off the pred. Since then, I never looked back and am...
Taste-wise, I've had much (MUCH) worse. If I remember correctly, I thought it tasted like watered-down Gatorade with a handful of chemicals thrown in. It is best when cold. I never drank the entire...
I concur with what the others have said. I have a 4 and 6 year old. My symptoms first started when my oldest was less than a year old. I've told them I go to the hospital every once in a while (8...
Define young. :nono: Anyway, I just wanted to make sure you pay attention to your reactions if you start Imuran. Like you, I was intolerant of mesalamine but also 6MP (which Imuran is derived from)....
I've been on Remicade for 4 years. Never tried Humira (wasn't an option, though I don't know if I could jab myself with a needle). I enjoy the 3 hour infusion and usually end up napping. Like Teddy...
You said "5:30". How long does it last? For me, I get on the toilet around 6:00 and am there for 20 minutes or so. Then again around 7:45 - 8 for another 20 to a half hour. Usually I'm good to go by...
Sorry, no aches. I just wanted to agree with you on the doctor situatuion. I always wanted my doc to say, "here's the problem and here's how we're gonna fix it." I never got any of that. Instead, he...
I went straight to Remicade after trying some 5-ASA's and 6MP. Not to hijack this thread, but several years ago my wife and I were covered by Kaiser HMO for a year. During that time she went in for...
FLEET!!! That was that nasty liquified-salt concoction. Stuff was disgusting! The instructions say to mix it with another liquid. They suggest apple juice. OMG! I almost threw-up after one swig....
I am scheduled for another colonoscopy next month. Does anyone have a method they prefer to prep? I've done a concentrated salt-liquid that made me gag, I did the gallon jug that tasted like...
My original flare sounds like what you're going through. Once I realized that mesalamine was continuing the problem, I stopped taking it and just stuck with pred and Remicade, eventually stopping the...
I waited 6 months from the start of symptoms before seeing a doctor. After I was diagnosed, it was another 3 months before I saw another doctor (that's another story). Overall, I lost 90 pounds......
That was my story....
You may just be having a bad reaction to the mesalamine. It took a year before I realized that was what was increasing my diarrhea and urgency....
I love Remicade....
Same thing happens with me taking mesalamine or sulfasalazine....
Anything going in the "out door" didn't work for me. Of course I later learned that it was the medication, not the delivery method. I couldn't hold the en. for more than a minute before it came...
I could go into more detail but just read my signature....
Annual TB tests. To answer your previous question, I live in Maryland and the hospital bills my insurance somewhere between $5,000 and $7,000+ each time (I don't know why the variation). Luckily, my...
Just wanted to see if anyone had a similar situation. I was a smoker for nearly 20 years (pack a day when i quit). When our first son was born, I quit cold-turkey. Less than a year later, I started...
Geez, there are a lot of haters! Anyone who has had a long ordeal and finally had it stop is going to sing the praises of their cure. Mensa's is this CCherbal stuff. Mine is Remicade. My symptoms...
Asacol and Lialda are both me mesalamine medications. For me, all of these types of meds (I tried several others, as well) made my symptoms worse. I hope things settle down for you....
I took mesalamine, several other -lamines, 6MP, pred, and many others. Out of those, the pred worked the best at keeping everything in check but my GI didn't like me taking it long-term. I am on...
Stupid phone... Let me finish. If you're going to get cancer, you're going to get. I just look at the positive. My GI is doing a colonoscopy in November to see if I've gone in to remission. If you...
I have been on Remicade for nearly 5 years. My GI wanted to keep me on my meds (mesalamine, prednizone) at first. My symptoms weren't improving at all. On my own, I stopped taking my meds for a month...
I used to be the same way. In fact, I used to carry a second pair of underwear. I HATED it and can definitely feel your pain. When I was in a situation where I couldn't use the bathroom, the stress...