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Effect of Entocort on food intolerance
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Effect of Entocort on food intolerance
Does anyone know if when using Entocort can it keep you from reacting to foods that might normally cause diarrhea? My doctor thinks that I do not have gluten intolerance, so I added gluten back into my diet at the same time that I started Entocort. I have not had any reactions to foods during this time, but wonder if the Entocort is keeping possible reactions at bay.
VR
Hi Violet,
Welcome to the board. Yes, for some people, Entocort can indeed totally mask the clinical symptoms of food sensitivities, (without any diet changes). For some people, the effect continues for as long as the Entocort is used, and some individuals eventually have symptoms that begin to surface after a while, (if the Entocort is used on a long-term basis), even if they continue taking the Entocort. We're all different in the way that we react to drugs and even dietary treatments.
When you discontinue your Entocort treatment, you will discover that, (usually within a week or two), your symptoms will return. This is proof that you are ingesting something that is generating inflammation in your intestines. In some cases, the inflammation that causes the relapse is due to a med that is being taken for some other purpose, but for most of us, it is due to food sensitivities.
Enjoy your remission while it lasts. Again, welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.
Tex
Welcome to the board. Yes, for some people, Entocort can indeed totally mask the clinical symptoms of food sensitivities, (without any diet changes). For some people, the effect continues for as long as the Entocort is used, and some individuals eventually have symptoms that begin to surface after a while, (if the Entocort is used on a long-term basis), even if they continue taking the Entocort. We're all different in the way that we react to drugs and even dietary treatments.
When you discontinue your Entocort treatment, you will discover that, (usually within a week or two), your symptoms will return. This is proof that you are ingesting something that is generating inflammation in your intestines. In some cases, the inflammation that causes the relapse is due to a med that is being taken for some other purpose, but for most of us, it is due to food sensitivities.
Enjoy your remission while it lasts. Again, welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Effect of Entocort on Food intolerance
Thanks Tex, That's what I was afraid of.....I am on my taper now, go down to 1 tab Entocort starting Thursday. Then I will do 1 tab/day for 2 weeks and off. On Saturday morning I woke up with the too familiar diarrhea and dry heaves (does anyone else get that? It's horrible!). It lasted only for a few minutes, then felt fine. This has happened twice during my taper. Has anyone else experienced this?
I think the Entocort has given me a false sense of security when it comes to food intolerences...as much as I hate to admit it, I will get back to my GF eating.
Thanks for the warm welcome Tex!
Violet
I think the Entocort has given me a false sense of security when it comes to food intolerences...as much as I hate to admit it, I will get back to my GF eating.
Thanks for the warm welcome Tex!
Violet
VR
Violet,
I never took any meds to control my MC symptoms, so I don't know if that might be a side effect of withdrawing from Entocort, but I was often nauseated during my reaction episodes, and once in a while, that included vomiting, which was sometimes followed by dry heaves. I agree, it's definitely no fun at all.
Please don't be discouraged if you don't see fast results with the diet - it usually takes weeks, and sometimes months to see significant improvement, because the body continues to produce antibodies for a long time, even after gluten is withdrawn from the diet. The antibodies will slowly fade away, though, if you carefully stick to the diet.
Please don't hesitate to ask, anytime any questions come to mind.
You're most welcome,
Tex
I never took any meds to control my MC symptoms, so I don't know if that might be a side effect of withdrawing from Entocort, but I was often nauseated during my reaction episodes, and once in a while, that included vomiting, which was sometimes followed by dry heaves. I agree, it's definitely no fun at all.
Please don't be discouraged if you don't see fast results with the diet - it usually takes weeks, and sometimes months to see significant improvement, because the body continues to produce antibodies for a long time, even after gluten is withdrawn from the diet. The antibodies will slowly fade away, though, if you carefully stick to the diet.
Please don't hesitate to ask, anytime any questions come to mind.
You're most welcome,
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
