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I have been prescribed this drug along with Asacol. I am very reluctant to take the steroids but I guess I should if I want to ease the acute flare up of UC. I was only diagnosed just before Christmas. The first consultant I saw (surgeon) prescribed 6x5mg daily for one week, reducing to 4x5mg...

Jessi Thanks for yet more advice. Not yet decided if I want to go down this route yet but if I can control things without having to constantly go on to steroids that must be a plus. G x

Hi Thanks for your encouraging comments Jessi. I have been reading about a diet that may help UC. It is Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet. I may give it a try.

Hi Here is an update to my earlier post. I have now been diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis and been prescribed a course of steroids (Prednisilone 5mg) for a period of 3 weeks and also Mesalazine (asacol) 400mg 3x2 times a day. After my colonoscopy I was told I had Crohn's Disease but the...

Only got the result yesterday afternoon so I have not been prescribed any drugs or told I need any other type of treatment yet.

I went as a day patient in Warrington General. Still feel a bit fuzzy headed following the sedation. Going to have a nice drink of wine tomorrow evening

Hi Sandra Seems you have had a tough time and I hope things improve for you soon. Still shaking here lol I live near Frodsham so we are quite close to each other

Here are the symptoms that got me to being sent for a colonoscopy A change in bm started about 2 months ago. Prior to this I was feeling quite bloated and was a bit constipated. Suddenly this changed to getting lower abdomen discomfort which gave me an immediate need to go to the loo. I...

Hello everybody. At 1.30pm today I had a colonoscopy and I have just been diagnosed with mild to moderate Crohn's Disease. They took a biopsy and the type of Crohn's is not known yet. My God, this has been the most scariest few weeks of my life. Talk of bowel and colon cancer as well as...