Want to get off of Entocort

wonderwoman · Post by **wonderwoman** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 12:20 am

I began 3 Entocort a day on July 30, 2010 and am down to 3 a week now. My Bm's are normal and sometimes I will even have a day where I don't have a BM. I want to get off the Entocort completely and wonder if I should continue to taper down to 2 Entocort a week for maybe two weeks and then 1 Entocort a week for another two weeks or can I just quit all together?

I will be having a very stressful week the last week in January and would hate to quit and then have a flare due to stress and have to start all over again. My thinking is to try two a week until the end of January to get me through that last week.

I am completely GF but have gone back to having some dairy in my diet. I stay away from soy if it is one of the first 5 ingredients on the label. I can eat 3 oranges a day from our trees and they have not made any difference in the stools. In fact I am going to have one now.

I have been at my daughter's house for 4 days and had a lot of reading to catch up on when I got home.

Welcome to all the newcomers. Hope everyone has a happy HEALTHY GF New Year.

Celie · Post by **Celie** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:39 am

If the end of January is going to be very stressful, why not wait until after then to change your meds at all? It is only a month away. Then you can give your body a chance to adapt without stressing it at the same time.

Good luck! I hope you are successful!

Celie

Polly · Post by **Polly** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:45 am

Charlotte,

I agree with the tapering! Stress is something to be reckoned with, as I learned when it caused me to flare recently. If you know it will be stressful, then wait til afterwards to taper, IMHO. Good luck!

Love,

Polly