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1 month flare up, need help and advice!   Message List  
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Re: [SPAM][crohns_n_colitis] 1 month flare up, need help and advice!

Wow, thank you all for your advice. I am not too familiar with
Remicade but will bring it up with my GI and GP. Right now I'm not on
any maintenance meds, and I'm wondering if I'm going to have to get
back on one.

I've been feeling pretty terrible today, from what seems like steroid
side affects. 40mg of methylprednisolone explains it. According to
my compounding pharmacist, methylprednisolone is more potent than
prednisolone. So to transfer a prescription from one to the other at
the same dosage, its going to be stronger. I may have to back off the
enemas a little because those side affects aren't working for me. My
boss who is a integrative medicine MD (and a brilliant guy) seems to
think I may be experiencing candida related symptoms right now, and
reccomended diflucan. I'm not really sure what to do. I work for an
MD, my girlfriend is a certified herbalist, another close friend is a
chinese herbalist, and I have a GI doc. Talk about information and
advice overload!!!






Tue Aug 5, 2008 7:49 pm

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Hello all, I'm new here and this is my first post. I'm hoping someone can help me here and give me some info/advice- I was diagnosed with left sided and...
Jake Wolf
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Aug 2, 2008
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Jake: Sounds like you might belong in the hospital for a few days to get this into control. As much as you don't want to take prednisone and neither do I,...
Patricia OBrien
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Aug 2, 2008
10:01 pm

Jake I was in same boat as you remicade was my lifesaver I still do get colds etc more often but survivable only one flare in 2 years. But I prefer my sanity...
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Aug 5, 2008
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Hi Jake, I am going to forward this to Sue and others in a couple other UC/CD yahoo groups b/c I think Sue and others may know about this. Good luck and I...
Suzanne Flaherty
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Aug 3, 2008
12:24 pm

hi thanks Suzanne, I appreciate it Jake Wolf ... From: Suzanne Flaherty <eflaherty001@...> To: crohns_n_colitis@yahoogroups.com; Crohns@yahoogroups.com;...
Jake Wolf
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Aug 3, 2008
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Hi Jake, Have you considered Remicade? I was diagnosed in '04 and had three very nasty long flare ups. The first one I was able to treat with 40 mgs of...
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Aug 3, 2008
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I agree with Jake, Remicade seems to do wonders. Also, don't forget to get an allergy test. I've had UC for 11 years and was about to lose my colon until I...
Darla Liebl
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Aug 5, 2008
3:51 am

Remicade is my miracle drug. My doctor was talking surgery, but at the time I was 24 so I didn't even consider surgery as an option. After doing lots of...
Kristen A
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Aug 5, 2008
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Wow, thank you all for your advice. I am not too familiar with Remicade but will bring it up with my GI and GP. Right now I'm not on any maintenance meds,...
Jake Wolf
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Aug 5, 2008
7:49 pm

Jake: Let us know how you are doing. It's been a few weeks since your first posting and we are all hoping you are getting better. Did the Entocort kick in...
Patricia OBrien
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Aug 14, 2008
9:19 pm

Hello- I'm starting to feel better, thanks. I think I'm beginning to get some of my energy back, and have been getting some good rest. Cutting down on stress...
Jake Wolf
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Aug 14, 2008
10:47 pm

So glad to hear it. Please continue to keep us posted. Best wishes, Suzanne _____ From: crohns_n_colitis@yahoogroups.com ...
Suzanne Flaherty
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Aug 15, 2008
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You sound more hopeful than you were a few weeks ago. That's great and I'm glad to hear you are on the mend. Jake Wolf <wolf1025@...> wrote:...
Patricia OBrien
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