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On Entocort and coming down with cold
I'm on Entocort and woke with a sore throat and a cold. What do I take[/code]
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Joefnh
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Hi Lisa, I'm sorry for your cold - that on top of the MC flare does not sound like a fun time.
I would say to be sure and take your GF/SF vitamins (D,C, A and zinc) Be careful a lot of the mainstream supermarket vitamins can have soy wheat (gluten) or dairy as one of the 'inactive' ingredients. Simply check the labels first.
I have had better luck going to a health food store or down by you, there is a store called Whole Foods that's a a great place for people with MC. Its like a supermarket sized health food store.
Use their store locator to find a place near you. They have personnel on staff at each store that are quite knowledgeable about SF/GF foods and they have a great selection of these. This would be a great place to the vitamins at as well
http://wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/
Beyond that plenty of liquids and GF / SF chicken soup Whole Foods has that.
Be careful of acidic fruit juices like OJ they can cause irritation.
Hope you feel better soon & Happy Thanksgiving
--Joe
I would say to be sure and take your GF/SF vitamins (D,C, A and zinc) Be careful a lot of the mainstream supermarket vitamins can have soy wheat (gluten) or dairy as one of the 'inactive' ingredients. Simply check the labels first.
I have had better luck going to a health food store or down by you, there is a store called Whole Foods that's a a great place for people with MC. Its like a supermarket sized health food store.
Use their store locator to find a place near you. They have personnel on staff at each store that are quite knowledgeable about SF/GF foods and they have a great selection of these. This would be a great place to the vitamins at as well
http://wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/
Beyond that plenty of liquids and GF / SF chicken soup Whole Foods has that.
Be careful of acidic fruit juices like OJ they can cause irritation.
Hope you feel better soon & Happy Thanksgiving
--Joe
Joe
Thanks Joe,
I called my Gastro and she said I could take like a tylenol cold medicine and not have a problem. I hope so. I really dont want to start taking any vitamins right now until the Entocort kicks in more or I see the doc. I appreciate your help though.
If we dont talk have a great Thanksgiving!
Lisa
I called my Gastro and she said I could take like a tylenol cold medicine and not have a problem. I hope so. I really dont want to start taking any vitamins right now until the Entocort kicks in more or I see the doc. I appreciate your help though.
If we dont talk have a great Thanksgiving!
Lisa
Hi Lisa,
Sorry that you've picked up a cold. Unless you've been on Entocort for close to a year, it probably hasn't significantly suppressed your immune system. The longer you use it, the stronger that effect becomes, but it never causes as much immune system suppression as Prednisone, or the other corticosteroids.
The usual remedies that you normally take for a cold and/or sore throat shouldn't result in any complications due to the Entocort. It doesn't seem to cross-react with any of the common cold remedies.
If you want to try to stop the cold from developing, that can usually be done with a therapeutic dose of vitamin D, (as recommended by Dr. Cannell, of the Vitamin D Council. Taking around 50,000 IU of vitamin D3 per day, for 3 days, will often prevent the cold from developing any further. This applies to flu viruses, also. Actually, for the H1N1 flu, Dr. Cannell's recommendation was 2,000 IU per kg of body weight per day for a week, (which would be roughly 100,000 to 150,000 IU per day, for people of average body weight). This is an "all out" treatment, though, and probably an overkill for an ordinary case of the flu or a cold. You have to begin the treatment early on, as the symptoms first begin to show up, in order for the treatment to be effective, of course. Usually, starting the treatment withing the first 2 days after symptoms first appear, will get results. Be sure to take vitamin D3, of course, and not D2, if you decide to try this treatment.
The point is, if you're taking 50,000 IU of vitamin D per week, you're using it as a supplement. If you're taking 50,000 IU or more per day, you're using it as a therapy.
For a sore throat, nothing seems to work better than gargling with warm, (as warm as you can comfortably stand, without running any risk of burning your mouth or throat), water, saturated with salt. Doing this as needed, or at least once or twice a day, usually brings relief.
Tex
Sorry that you've picked up a cold. Unless you've been on Entocort for close to a year, it probably hasn't significantly suppressed your immune system. The longer you use it, the stronger that effect becomes, but it never causes as much immune system suppression as Prednisone, or the other corticosteroids.
The usual remedies that you normally take for a cold and/or sore throat shouldn't result in any complications due to the Entocort. It doesn't seem to cross-react with any of the common cold remedies.
If you want to try to stop the cold from developing, that can usually be done with a therapeutic dose of vitamin D, (as recommended by Dr. Cannell, of the Vitamin D Council. Taking around 50,000 IU of vitamin D3 per day, for 3 days, will often prevent the cold from developing any further. This applies to flu viruses, also. Actually, for the H1N1 flu, Dr. Cannell's recommendation was 2,000 IU per kg of body weight per day for a week, (which would be roughly 100,000 to 150,000 IU per day, for people of average body weight). This is an "all out" treatment, though, and probably an overkill for an ordinary case of the flu or a cold. You have to begin the treatment early on, as the symptoms first begin to show up, in order for the treatment to be effective, of course. Usually, starting the treatment withing the first 2 days after symptoms first appear, will get results. Be sure to take vitamin D3, of course, and not D2, if you decide to try this treatment.
The point is, if you're taking 50,000 IU of vitamin D per week, you're using it as a supplement. If you're taking 50,000 IU or more per day, you're using it as a therapy.
For a sore throat, nothing seems to work better than gargling with warm, (as warm as you can comfortably stand, without running any risk of burning your mouth or throat), water, saturated with salt. Doing this as needed, or at least once or twice a day, usually brings relief.
Tex
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Linda in BC
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Hi Lisa:
I got the flu one week after starting Entocort too, but apparently it was not from the Entocort, just that time of year. Zinc lozenges are great for clearing up a sore throat.
I hope this is just a cold, and not the flu, and that the Tylenol Cold medicine helps you to feel better soon.
Linda
I got the flu one week after starting Entocort too, but apparently it was not from the Entocort, just that time of year. Zinc lozenges are great for clearing up a sore throat.
I hope this is just a cold, and not the flu, and that the Tylenol Cold medicine helps you to feel better soon.
Linda
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