MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

I was weaning off encort from 1 every other day to 1 every 3 days and started to have more trouble with diarrhea, and nausea, now after seeing GI I am back on the Asacol 2 3 times a day, and 1 encort for a week then go to every other day etc...I would welcome anyone's experience with encort weaning ...

Hello
I hope this finds you feeling better, yes I agree finding this website was a godsend, and my GI did not know about the site, I informed him in the hope he would recommend the site to other patients diagnosed with MC..........I have been on Entorcort, and have now cut it down to one a day 3mg ...

Hey Mitzi:

The Asacol 2 tabs three times a day alone did not improve me significantly. Then in Feb GI put me on Entocort 3mg x 3 a day which I started with 3 mg x 2 a day, and so far after about 2 weeks I feel better than I have in months. The Asacol I still take 2 tabs twice a day, but I was ...

Hey KD:
I was diagnosed with MC in November and was on Asacol for from Nov-Feb 2 tabs 3 times a day and took enough Lomotil, to sink a battle ship. I am also a RN and trying to run an ambulatory surgery center and be in an OR does not work with 5-13 bouts of "d" a day, long story short, my GI doc ...

Thanks to all that responded to my previous "help" message, I am one week on the entocort and down to Asacol 2 twice a day, I still have unbelievable nausea seems to hit me in the afternoon, no vomiting since starting the Entocort, but still have the nausea, which lucky for me is in the p.m., I take ...

Dee
Dee:
I was reading your post on Entocort and I have just started on it this past Tuesday, 3mg x 3 in a.m., however, I have only taken 3mg x 2 in a.m. as I was worried I would not sleep, and not knowing the side effects, (the nurse in me), I was interested in your comment about 3 weeks dosage ...

I was dx with LColitis and have been taking Asacol 2, three times a day since, I have experienced alot of nausea, and when we tried to cut dose to 2 twice a day, the Colitis started again, not to the tune of 12 times a day, but I could tell it was starting up. Recently saw my GI doc and now I am ...