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willabec · Post by **willabec** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 6:12 am

ok....i am supposed to contact my dr. after being on entocort for 2 weeks which will be on sat. do you think i should call today (had almost d this a.m.) or wait until monday? thanks!

lisa15601 · Post by **lisa15601** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 6:30 am

r u having side effects or doing well

willabec · Post by **willabec** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 6:34 am

no side effects...just not good bm's.....less frequent trips to the bathroom though....

lisa15601 · Post by **lisa15601** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 6:47 am

I was on it for two weeks, had somewhat less bowel movements, but had the worse side effects ever. I called my doc after two weeks and she told me to stop and start the pepto regiment which is what Im trying to do. This is so hard. I would call, expecially if the bowel movements havent changed much. Did you change your diet. I did with the two weeks of entocort, but couldnt deal with the side effects.

Gloria · Post by **Gloria** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:02 am

I would wait until Monday to call. Your doctor is just wanting a progress report, and the longer you wait to give it to him/her, the better your progress will be. He/she will be more likely to keep you on the Entocort if you are showing progress. If, like Lisa, you are having side effects, then you should notify the doctor sooner, of course.

Two weeks is not always long enough for Entocort to reduce the inflammation enough to see firm BMs. It took almost four weeks for me to show substantial improvement.

Patience is the name of the game when dealing with MC.

Gloria

Post by **tex** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:52 pm

I agree with Gloria. At only 2 weeks, the best one can expect is to not have any significant side effects, and your doctor just wants to make sure of that. The real benefits should start showing up during the next week or two.

Tex

willabec · Post by **willabec** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:39 pm

i have decided to wait until monday but i think he is not just looking to see if i have side effects and to see how things are going....

willabec · Post by **willabec** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:40 pm

we shall see what he says on moday i hope he lets me stay on it to see if other week or two helps...today was not the best day, went 3 times and i have been going only 2 x a day....but the bm's were pretty loose.

klhale · Post by **klhale** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:24 pm

It took me 2 months on Entocort to really see a significant difference. I wouldn't call the doctor at all, unless you think you are getting worse, or see no change at all.

karen

willabec · Post by **willabec** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:36 pm

like i mentioned it has helped with the amount of trips to the bathroom a few less....it's just the bm's are pretty much the same.....

klhale · Post by **klhale** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:41 pm

have you changed what you are eating? Entocort will not work unless you give up the foods that are making you sick.

willabec · Post by **willabec** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:39 pm

i don't know what i cannot eat yet.....have not figured it out....trying to stay away from dairy but that' it right now.

Joefnh · Post by **Joefnh** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:44 pm

Willabec what I did was to go back to some very basic foods. chicken, white rice, fish, lamb and well cooked peas and carrots. After I was stable with that diet I slowly added only one thing back at a time while keeping a food diary. If something bothered me it was taken off of my list. After a while patterns emerged that showed that I had to remove soy gluten and for the most part dairy from my diet. Avoid all packaged and factory prepared foods, it is very difficult to know truly whats in them. Restaurants can also be a problem area as its hard for them to know whats in the bulk purchased foods as well.

With a bit of patience, you can gain control of the diet.

--Joe

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