Yes, I think it's the generic version of Prevacid, it's a PPI, doctor who normally deals with my UC prescribed it so it should be fine, but I was just double checking to be extra sure, because I seen...
Hi I've just been recently diagnosed with peptic ulcers and I've been given a 1 month course of Lansoprazole, I was just wondering, can this medication have any adverse effects on UC or any...
They don't seem to have any problems with production, it must have been my pharmacy because Salofalk have told me to tell my Pharmacy to phone one of their suppliers and order a direct to pharmacy...
Thank you, I have sent them an email enquiring about the availability of such enemas...
Recently I tried to get my prescription from the pharmacy for 2g salofalk liquid enemas and I was told that they could not get a hold of them and they aren't available anymore.. is this true? they...
I'm gonna buy some probiotics soon, I'm working on that. I'm definitely going to phone my doctor and ask what they think about the alternating idea, sadly I doubt they'd agree with me on the idea,...
I was using 20mg predfoam last week they were working well the week before, but as you know, they stopped working , but since friday I have been using 5mg x2 predol suppositories and it got the...
In the past I have used the steroid suppositories, but that was for a previous flare, they basically done the same as the predfoam, looked promising, worked at first, then just lost all effectiveness...
Well, I was previously using 2x pentasa suppositories and 1x salofalk liquid enema, but it didn't fully improve my symptoms. So I swapped the two suppositories for one 20mg predfoam enema and they...
With every steroid topical med I use I seem to have a great response for a week or so, then it wears off and the symptoms return. So I was wondering, would it be a feasible for me to alternate...
This is interesting, does this mean I should worry? or shall it sort itself out over time?...
I was using predfoam 20mg daily for proctitis, my only symptom was bleeding, when i started the predfoam it worked exceptionally well in the first week, the bleeding was almost totally gone. However,...
Really angry and frustrated, I've been bleeding heavily since friday, practically every time I've been the toilet water has been red, I'm absolutely sick, every time I use a rectal med it seems to...
I have been using one Predfoam during the day and one Salofalk 2g liquid enema at night and I have seen quite a change in my symptoms for the better so far, I know it's only been a few days, but...
Thanks for the help. I will probably buy a probiotic yoghurt drink, like Yakult, I remember drinking one of them every day for a few months in 2012 and it did overall make me feel better, but they...
Oh, and I find going to the toilet first is good, I find it clears me out and gives space to let the enema do its work...
Seen my doctor this morning, she said that "there is a chance fish oil and probiotics can work, they're worth a try, they certainly won't do any harm and they have general benefits for health...
Thanks for the help guys, I will definitely be consulting it with my doctor as I'm very keen to see what help this could give, even if it doesn't cause any specific changes in my proctitis, it could...
I was going to ask my doctor her opinions on probiotics and fish oil. Just to see if I can give the conventional meds I've been taking a bit of help...
Lie in foetal position, tuck your legs right up near your chest, make sure you gently insert and I would say I personally think it's best to squirt slowly, just to be sure you don't "flood" your...
I have an appointment with my doctor on thursday, I will ask her about whether they think it would be worth giving some alternative therapies a try, and I will ask about swapping one of my...
Thanks for the help people, hopefully I will be able to start taking some suitable alternative meds, along with my conventional meds. I hope it works :)...
Sometimes I can have blood on the stool. I did have a flexible sigmoidoscopy in november and that revealed about 5cm of inflammation at the very bottom of my bowel...
Typically my worst is when I bleed a lot, like enough to make the toilet water bright red, I don't really have much else, sometimes small bouts of nausea and sometimes mild constipation. But that's...
I've been mixing and matching different rectal meds for about a year now, but this particular combination has been used since roughly the end of January. I also for a period of time thought that...
I'm currently using 1g Pentasa suppositories, I have one in the afternoon when I get in from college and I have one on the night time with my Salofalk enema. It seems that I have a reasonable morning...
Yes, I am also on 59ml 2g Salofalk enemas, sorry, I forgot to mention those. Overall they seem to be giving me some help, but not 100% better. I only have 5cm of inflammation, it's a little...
Hmmmmm, interesting. I am very keen to at least give it ago, just in case it does give me some positive response. But like you said some are bad, which is what I'm trying to avoid with this post...
I've been reading a lot about fish oil and its possibly beneficial effects on ulcerative colitis. I in particular have Proctitis and although I have been using suppositories that give some relief, I...
I have a similar problem Judy, I had a lot of inflammation running from the horizontal section of my bowel, all the way down my left side, since I've went on meds all but 5cm of my bowel has became...
I have been using asacol foam enemas before and I was bleeding lots, then once I stopped the enemas, the bleeding reduced to only on the toilet paper, I then went on steroids which finished off the...
I'm currently on Balsalazide 9 tablets a day, it's my 5ASA maintenance drug, (or whatever they call it), however, I've never really seen many people on this medication, the most common maintenance...
I'm on pentasa suppositories, balsalazide and azathioprine...
Okay then, I guess I will have to take more caution when using laxitives in the future...
Thanks for the advice, if I ever have long term constipation problems, I will go for something like Miralax...
Hello, around 3 weeks ago I had a flexible sidmoidoscopy, and it was found that I have inflammation stretching around 2 inches of my bowl at the rectum. I have had some constipation and struggled to...
Thanks for the help, I will give them a try...
Drink a pint of water straight off, my doctor told me to do that and within an hour my bowel was nearly empty...
I have been using Asacol foam enemas recently and I have had a very small improvement in symptoms from small amounts of blood all of the time to only a little bit of blood at night. However, today I...
Hello, this is just a quick question about steroid enemas. My favorite enemas are the asacol/ salofalk enemas, where it automatically administers the correct dosage through the press of a button for...
I'm taking the enemas twice a day, I'm on the Asacol ones. The cold cleared up a while ago and now the bleeding has gradually decreased and settled down...
The disease has been on and off for the last couple of days, however I upped my Mesalazine enemas to 2 grams per a day, rather than one, and today I have had no blood...
I was in remission around 3-4 months, however I have had a slight disturbance (it seems to be from a mixture of stress, ibuprofen cream) at first stress about exams and ibuprofen cream seemed to have...
I'm normal height, I'm in between 5 foot 9 and 10, I'm just worried about the rest of puberty like sex organ growth etc. Which hasn't really happened for me that much. I have plenty of hair etc, just...
I currently weight 82kg, I started the pred at about 70kg, I had horrible side effects with MASSIVE raging hunger. Thanks for the reassuring comments that my body should be able to catch up :) I did...
hmmm.. makes sense since I was growing a bit during 2011, and in 2012 I grew very little and the best part of 2012 I spent on prednisolone...
Spent whole of last academic year, and half of the one before with Ulcerative Colitis and lots of bleeding, severe anemia during exam time Came out with 1 A*, 7 A's and 2 B's in my GCSE's...
Doctors at my local hospital base remission on a series of questions Remission to them= -No blood -No mucus -No urgency -No waking up through the night to pass stools (bowel disturbing sleep) -No...
I'm 16, 17 in May. I'm just a little worried as it seems my development just randomly seemed to stop, and hasn't picked up since...
My puberty was going okay up until about 14 years old when my Ulcerative Colitis appeared. Then it seemed to stall and I was making far less progress. Bearing in mind, I ate less and had a very very...