I have pan colitis and have been on Humira for 7 months. Was doing great but started by abd pain for last 3 weeks. It has been constant and crampy. Maybe just a tiny bit of blood and my BM's...
Go on Asacol supps and stay on for as long as you want. Don't be in any rush to get off them. Some people need to take long term. I could never get off them until my proctitis spread to involve more...
I just have done the load 160mg followed by 80mg 2 weeks later and then will continue on 40mg every 2 weeks. I will get a sigmoidoscopy in 1 months to see how I have improved. I just noticed such a...
Hi I started humira just over 3 weeks ago. Within 3 days I started feeling better and was very excited that I was going to respond really well. Since then things are better but don't seem to be...
I am in the exact same situation. I was only diagnosed with proctitis in Jan, now Left sided colon on recent scope. Planning to start Humira on Tuesday. I have, however, never taken oral steroids....
Liver enzymes can sometimes be non-specific. I really wouldn't worry too much. The important thing is the trend, they may come down on there own. If they don't you may need a liver ultra sound....
I'm still new to this forum. I have a couple of questions I was diagnosed with proctitis in Jan. On mesalamine supps ever since. They cleared things up 95%, my follow up scope in April said very mild...
Just wondering if this has happened to other people. I had an extremely painful colonoscopy because scope got looped. They kept on giving me more and more sedation. On the report it said scope was...
One more question, I have been taking VSL 3 for 4 months. It's expensive but I don't mind spending the money if I will get benefit from it. Any thoughts as to the benefits of probiotics?...
Thanks, good idea! I'm also concerned about progression. Any experience about oral meds preventing progression? Also thinking maybe oral 5 ASA would prevent my joints from flaring...
You need the scope. Sounds like my presentation and I was diagnosed with proctitis...
Hi I'm new to this forum, recently diagnosed with moderate proctitis on sigmoidoscopy in Jan. Most likely have had two previous flares over last 5 years that when scoped the symptoms had resolved and...