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Usually you start on the 5-asa meds and if none of them work you move up to the stronger meds. I'll warn you that none of them are cheap, so hopefully you have decent insurance. Not being on meds will end up costing you more in the long run.View Thread

Are you taking anything other than entocort? It's really only meant to get symptoms under control, and you'll need something else as a maintenance med.View Thread


2. UC
3. Dipentum, birth control pills, vitamins, probiotics, diet modification
4. Got sick Dec 1992, diagnosed Feb 1993View Thread

I haven't heard anyone having trouble with enemas, although that doesn't mean it never happens. Steroids (basically anything ending with 'sone') are a short term treatment to get things under control. The side effects from taking them for a long time can be really nasty. You need to take a long term maintenance drug, usually starting with the 5-asa drugs - Asacol being one of them.
I was initially diagnosed with probable ulcerative colitis/possible Crohn's by sigmoidoscopy. It wasn't until the 10 year mark that I started getting a colonoscopy. Why does your doctor say you "may have" colitis? Did he take biopsies? That should be able to say plenty, even if only the first part was scoped.View Thread

* eat smaller meals at more frequent intervals
* avoid eating many processed foods
* avoid citrus fruit and anything highly acidic
* reduce the amount of rich, greasy and fried foods
* limit consumption of milk and milk products
* restrict your intake of high-fibre foods
* avoid whole corn (inc popcorn)
* cut back on sugary foods
* avoid alcohol (esp beer)
If you're not taking any already, I'd suggest taking vitamins. Your system isn't happy and it's going to need all the coddling it can get. A multivitamin, cal/mag and Vit D would be a good start.View Thread

I just did a count and I take 7 pills in the morning and 6 at night (I counted the probiotic powder as a pill, and I counted taking 2 Dipentums at a time as 2 pills each time). But ... I don't have to take prednisone or Questran and I used to.
Oh and lucky me - I can't swallow pills so I have to look for chewable, liquid or powder as much as possible.View Thread

My joy came when I got my last annual set of bloodwork done and we added in Vit D to check (I'd taken in an article about how IBD and low Vit D go together). I pretty much knew my levels would be low but it still bummed me out that they were. Oh goody I get to add yet another vitamin to my daily arsenal...View Thread
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