Darn...I hate pred. What about increasing your asacol to 6 twice daily and not skipping on it? I would prefer to eat a whole bottle of it rather than taking 1 pill of pred. Good luck, I hope you hear...
It helped me get stress under control and stress is was a major contributing factor for me. If you're under stress then definitely do it....
I started with 40mg and it didn't work, went to 60 - didn't work. Added Asacol and it finally started working. Took about 3 weeks....I am tapering slowly at 35mg right now...... AlabalmaBabs -...
How familiar...at 60mg of pred I was getting those day and night. I think at 50 or 45 mg it stopped happenning. I hope you can taper soon......
I am just happy I don't have to get up 8 times at night like I use to while in the flare up. It can always be worse, although I tend to agree 1 BM a day is ideal, but that's for those healthy people....
Hang in there. You'll get it under control and hopefully will enter remission soon. Similar story here with workout and being absolutely healthy. Did you have any dramatic increase in stress level...
Getting rid of that moonface is a matter of diet and exercise. I think your body needs to process the fat it stored in your face:( Good luck!...
Thanks! I just wrote to my GI, we'll see what he has to say....
I think I'll just go with 50 dollars a month difference, good thing I can switch in 6 months. Thanks!...
I am about to switch my insurance and so far I am down to two options, both cover remicade infusions but one has 20% facility charge copay. Price difference between the two is $50 dollars monthly. Do...
I stopped asacol when I went into a flare and had little luck with prednisone alone. As soon as I started taking asacol again my condition improved....
Gatorade works for me. I've gained and lost 7lb of water over the course of 24 hours. I try to avoid salty foods by all means and it also seems to work. I also try to watch my water intake as well....
Carrots for me. Do you think pred is affecting you already? It usually takes a bit of time, I thought....
Good side effects? More time to read because I can't sleep at night? That's about it. But I can definitely leave w/o such perk....
Hey UCinNC, I may have somewhat of a similar story with regards to diagnosis, and remicade vs. 6mp. Basically my doc told me that because 6mp has been around for a while traditionally patients get...
Thanks, I'll definitely forward this to my dr....
From what I hear it usually takes about 3 month before you can see any effect. I wouldn't go for it if you can only do it for a month:(...
Yeah, a major flare can quickly change any sort of drastic decisions made while healthy...I hope it doesn't happen though!...
I am doing it now and I can definitely tell that it helps with stress. In fact I believe my flare was triggered by stress and thus I fund acupuncture beneficial. It isn't very expensive so giving a...
I am dealing with 50mg of pred daily, started at 40, went up to 60 because I couldn't get the flare under control. I absolutely hate the damn drug. It's been about 7 weeks and yes it is one of the...
My doc had suggested this supplement and it's quite expensive if purchased directly from vsl3. Any suggestions are appreciated....
This is what a 40year uc veteran recommended for me: https://shop.sigmatau.com/VSL3/services/customer/account.asp?Action=Edit I am thinking of giving it a try....
Hang in there, I really hope it will start working again. Best way to find out whether Humira is approved is to call your insurance directly....
Pred has many side effects, what you're experiencing sounds like some of it. It could be that you're body is reacting to the drug, although for me it wasn't the same way - several weeks before side...