Proctosol and Cortifoam are two RX drugs that have helped me with my hemorrhoids. Ugh I literally hate them. Sit in a warm bath helps, keep the area clean which helps more than you would think....
Thanks, interesting share. I have reached out to the mfg. ( which is different than the original mfg) I hope to hear from them on Monday...
I was diagnosed in 2001. I am under control with Remicade. I have continuously had trouble with hemorrhoids of all kinds. I have had two hemorroidectomies, a fissurectomy and have had banding done...
Wow, I haven't been on this forum is so long. But somehow I still remembered my login info. I used to be a serious user of the forum. Remicade works for me for the most part. I currently asked for a...
I was diagnosed with UC in 2001, I suffered for about 10 years...long story, then Remicade really saved me and I had a pretty normal life for 3 or 4 years. Recently I thought Remicade stopped working...
Remicade isnt going to make your UC go away, you will still have it, just controlled. I dont think you try it for a year and then go off of it. You stay on it until it doesn't work anymore or until...
Has anyone had to get off of Remicade because their liver functions went crazy, ALT and AST? Or been diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis? Or had to have a liver biopsy? I would appreciate hearing...
I started on Remicade in Dec. It worked from practically day one, I was beyond happy. Now on a routine check of my liver enzymes we have found that my ALT and AST are high. in the 200's for the ALT...
I was one of the people that posted a reply in that 2008 thread. Asacol most definitely made me have hair loss--noticed in the shower, just like you. When I quit taking Asacol the hair loss ended...
has anyone ever heard of celebrex causing inflamation in the colon?...
dr.a, i dont understand what you are saying. i though sq is an injection-yet you talk about sq and injection as though they are two different things. please advise. btw. glad you are feeling better...
thanks for that info. i could use more similiar experiences. this is the 4th hospitalization here, but the last one was 8 years ago. the doctors are different and we are having a difference of...
Please let me know what dose of solumedrol your were on during hospital stays. Did they start you at one dose and increase or decrease? What dose worked for you. Was your condition more stable when...
eliza lily, i emailed lonelylane and gave her my email address. i couldnt reach her until i was actually logged on at healing well. at that point her email icon became active. if you email her, she...
eliza lily (et al) well i thought the moderators would contact us...but since they havent and i want to be in touch with you i will update here. let me start by saying that we are terrible...sorry to...
Eliza Lily, Sorry i havent been in touch. the study coordinator for my study is monitoring this site. i am very upset and feel he has taken healing well away from me. i would like to email you...
Eliza Lily, Well, on the first day, (the day he was given the shot) my husband reported 11 BM's and no bright red blood which represented a big difference. Today he says he didn't wake up to go to...
you had 22 trips to the bathroom yesterday and only 1 today? wowza! that is weird. our reimbursement is 375.00 for the first part of the trial . which is split up into at least 8 or 9 visits. that...
eliza lily, (and dr a) first, i was so sorry to read that dr a was doing worse after a promising weekend. we got our shots yesterday. i guess that the guy was saying that some patients reported...
Hi Dr- A So, after a proper rectal probing today, my doc let me know if I didn't get better within two weeks of the first infusion I can be put on the drug for real without wondering if I am on...
FANTASTIC! This is such great news...
Some of you may have read that my husband and I are in a drug study to take Golimumab as an injection rather than IV as Remicade is delivered. Both drugs are TNF blockers meaning that they reduce the...
we have lived in south east (appalachian) ohio for the past 13 years. this is where i got sick. we were living in north carolina when my husband started gettting sick....
yes let's keep track of each other...especially since we will apparently be starting this at almost the exact same time. the administrator has told me that we would know the with the first shot if we...
my husband and i are both signed up for this study. our flex-sigs are tomorrow. our drug, golimumab, will be administered sub q. (a shot) not IV infusion. we are located near columbus ohio. my...
the pain you have while going to the bathroom seems like hemorrhoids or you could also have a fissure, which is a tear and is unbelievably painful. the complications are serious and cause a lot of...
i tried taking tramadol for the general (horrible) belly pain i get after going to the bathroom. it didnt help with the belly pain, but it didnt affect my UC negatively. good luck....
just so all who contributed know, i told the kid that is administering (paper work boy) the drug trial, that he was to ask the doctor if i could have a shot or xanax. as was recommended in this...
my situation is the hemmies and the fissures. i dont have a normal Butt hole! i will ask about the xanax and the demerol...definitely out of the study if i dont do the flex sig....
it is part of the trial. they give you blood work, a tb test, a chest xray and these 2 flex sigs in different weeks of the trial. the drug is a tnf blocker like remicade only they are testing it sub...
i have enrolled in a drug trial. they give two flex sigs...both without anesthesia. i have had two hemmie surgeries and two fissure surgeries. i think it is infinitely insensitive that a drug company...
I just called a phone number for a drug trial. The drug is essentially identical to Remicade and the drug company is national. Does anyone have experience with drug trials? What has been your...
i have serious urgency. i find that when i must be somewhere (in the morning), because most of my bathroom trips are in the morning. usually once i am done, i am done, it is just that it may take...
on the postitive side, i think that taking 4 dulcolax pills and doing the myralax in 64 oz of gatorade is the BEST prep out there...so much easier and dare i say more pleasant than anything i have...
i dont understand the, "going in a bag" concept, could someone be a little more graphic please (yuck, i know) have you tried a coffee can? you can even sort of balance on it...and it comes with a...
when my husband was on high dose steroids, 80mgs, he brought a sledgehammer into the house and used it. he was out of control. (that is just one example of craziness while on steroids) is your...
my hair fell out when i was on asacol. when i stopped taking asacol, my hair stopped falling out. i see you take 12 asacol...
i definitely experienced hair loss while on asacol. i also never got better on asacol. i complained all the time to my GI that i was taking so many pills for the disease but still going to the...
MY HUSBAND and i both have UC. we present differently. once our vet mentioned that maybe the cat had colitis...that was weird...the cat is fine now...
i can not give you ideas on other options. my experiences are personal and are all surgical. i can only tell you about the anger i feel that a colorectal surgeon along with information from my GI...
if you have UC, i would recommend that you do not choose a surgical option for your hemmorhoids. you may have them more than once in your life, and the surgeon can reduce the effectiveness of your...
i have been in the room during my husbands colonoscopy. if this is something you think is important, than you should pursue it. if they say no, you should ask why. and i always ask where it is...
you might have a type of thrush. ask your doctor for mycelex troches. these are tabs that disolve in the mouth. good luck...