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    Entyvio weight gain?

    Thanks. I have crohn's of the small bowel,. A few months back the doctor did a colonoscopy in hopes of determining what was happening at the joint and what was possibly happening further up without doing another CT scan? If he reported ulcerations around the stricture at the joint, which he...
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    Entyvio weight gain?

    Thank you, I believe my GI said 3 months time and then I'm not sure what he does with that if it doesn't work? My concern is the stricture that is closing up more every time I have inflammation and then healing and I am left with no treatment until the entyvio kicks in. I asked him a couple...
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    Entyvio weight gain?

    I've had a lot of weight loss with crohn's, and surgeries. Will my appetite return and will I gain some much needed weight? Also, once I start this treatment, will anyone be monitoring my liver enzymes and testing my immune function. When my GI set up Entyvio for me, he just said he will see...
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    Entyvio and the immune system

    That's a good question. Perhaps someone already on Entyvio long term can answer that question for us?
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    Need reassuring re: Entyvio

    Sorry to hear, hopefully she will still improve. I haven't had my first round yet, but the one thing I can tell you with crohn's, while not a cause, stress is a big trigger at any time? Entyvio sounds like one of those drugs that work wonderfully for some, and doesn't do a thing for others...
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    Need reassuring re: Entyvio

    Hello, I am new to this board and have had crohn's for many years. I've exhausted most of my options outside of the biologics. The only med that worked for years was prednisone, saved me more than once. I weaned of it, went out of a 13 year remission, and have had 3 surgeries since, and an...
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