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Hi All,
One of the things the GI doc suggested is to move me from Entocort back to one of the 5-ASA drugs (masalamine). To do this, the plan is to continue to take 6 mg of Entocort and take masalamine for 4-5 weeks then reduce the Entocort and see whether I can maintain Norman on just the masalamine.
Is this a good plan? Has anyone done this?
Celie
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Celie,
I'm not sure that it's a good plan, (strictly my opinion), but it's a commonly-used plan, and several members have been prescribed that treatment combination by their GI docs. I've never seen the reason to be using a second drug, (mesalamine), before the end of the Entocort treatment is near, (I can see the benefit in introducing it after the Entocort dose is decreased to 3 mg per day, for example). It strikes me as an unnecessary, (redundant), use of a drug, since the Entocort will be doing all the work of controlling the symptoms, until it is withdrawn completely, and the mesalamine does not have to be slowly "built up" in the body, the way that a drug such as Imuran would require. IOW, the mesalamine becomes available as soon as it is ingested, but it isn't needed, as long as Entocort is used.
That said, it shouldn't hurt you, unless you're allergic to sulfa drugs.
I hope your treatment works smoothly.
Tex
I'm not sure that it's a good plan, (strictly my opinion), but it's a commonly-used plan, and several members have been prescribed that treatment combination by their GI docs. I've never seen the reason to be using a second drug, (mesalamine), before the end of the Entocort treatment is near, (I can see the benefit in introducing it after the Entocort dose is decreased to 3 mg per day, for example). It strikes me as an unnecessary, (redundant), use of a drug, since the Entocort will be doing all the work of controlling the symptoms, until it is withdrawn completely, and the mesalamine does not have to be slowly "built up" in the body, the way that a drug such as Imuran would require. IOW, the mesalamine becomes available as soon as it is ingested, but it isn't needed, as long as Entocort is used.
That said, it shouldn't hurt you, unless you're allergic to sulfa drugs.
I hope your treatment works smoothly.
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.
Celie,
I apologize for misleading you with such an ambiguous statement.
Actually, it is only some of the mesalamine enemas that contain sulfa drugs. As far as I am aware, all of the various brands of oral mesalamine capsules/tablets are sulfa-free.
Tex
I apologize for misleading you with such an ambiguous statement.
Actually, it is only some of the mesalamine enemas that contain sulfa drugs. As far as I am aware, all of the various brands of oral mesalamine capsules/tablets are sulfa-free.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.
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*grabs her pentasa* yeah mine are sulfa-free, also, i dont know if this is because I stopped taking the tablets that where causing the D as soon as i went onto pentasa, but i became almost norman quite quickly, i mean norman hasn't fully returned, but i dont have to live near toilets anymore
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Diagnosed with MC (LC) Aug 2010
Diagnosed with MC (LC) Aug 2010
