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Recent content by josephd85

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    Methotrexate and Spots

    I have been on methtrexate weekly injections of 25mg since July and it has been fine other than the last 4/5 weeks I have had an outbreak if spots on my face . They are big red and painful, they die down for a day or 2 and they become painful again without ever properly going away. I've never...
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    A bit of a ramble

    Hello, I was diagnosed with crohns in May this year. I suspect I have had this for many years so was actually pleased to be diagnosed. I was put on prednisalone and felt the best I had in many years. I was also put on azathioprine which unfortunately caused pancreatitis so I spent a very painful...
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    Am i experiencing a flare?

    Hello I have been diagnosed with Crohn's for about 6 weeks and was immediately put on 40mgs of prednisolone and have been reducing this by 5mgs per week till this week when i was down to 25mg per day. On top of this i have also been put on 150mg of azathioprine per day which i have been on for...
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