My very first flare presented with extreme pain as well. Never figured out exactly what the cause was, but it turned out I was having a UC flare and cdiff at the same time. Warm salt baths helped at...
So I had a pretty bad Flare back in February. Got on Remicade and Prednisone that month and started Mercaptopurine in March. My symptoms were basically gone by March while taking all 3 drugs, and I...
I'm willing to consider all types of different methodologies to achieve remission. It's not that I'm specifically looking to be on 1 drug, because if I was specifically trying to be on anything it...
Im not specifically afraid of Mercaptopurine, I'm just trying to be on the smallest number of drugs possible. I've already dealt with the possibility of being on a lot of very harmful drugs from an...
This is what I'm worried about. By the time I'm off prednisone I'll be in the effective range of the Mercaptopurine, so surely my doctor will see this as indicative that the Mercaptopurine is...
I am leaning towards staying on it mainly because I'm scheduled to go on a trip out of the country in 3 weeks and I would hate for it to be ruined. That it's a common dual therapy isn't a great...
Lactaid milk gave me insanely painful stomach problems......
Considering I've only been on Mercaptopurine for about a month, I would argue that it hasnt reached an effective level in my body yet and isnt even having an effect. Thus it should make no difference...
Thanks for the input. As I said this is all very new for me. The response did fade a bit between my 1st and 2nd Humira injections, but to me that's just a sign that the Humira is doing a bulk of the...
So I had my first flare starting a couple months ago. Took suppositories and enemas which provided no help. Went on Prednisone, which would pretend to help for a couple days and then completely give...