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OK so we took Matt to see the consultant at our hospital for his check up on Thursday and we seem to have left with more questions than answers! They didn't give him a check over, other than put him on the scales (he has put on 1/2 stone - about 15 kilos I think!). What they did say was he...

Matts medication is Trimedon? 3 per day, Prednisolone (reducing dose) started on 40 per day, now down to 15 per day, Pentasa 3 per day. He is in Cornwall at the moment, having a change of scenery - hoping it will help! Whilst Matt was in hospital they tried to do an endoscopy, but the ulcers...

Matts medication is Trimedon? 3 per day, Prednisolone (reducing dose) started on 40 per day, now down to 15 per day, Pentasa 3 per day. He is in Cornwall at the moment, having a change of scenery - hoping it will help!# Thanks for your replies, it has helped more than you may realise.

Yes our heads are like mush! Matts medication is Trimedon? Prednisolone (reducing dose), Pentasa. He is in Cornwall at the moment, having a change of scenery - hoping it will help! But I have told him about this site and he is keen to read when he gets home, I am sure he will be able to give...

Thanks Mark. How quickly did your child start gaining weight through taking the medication? My son has been on steriods for the past 6 weeks and hasn't gained what I would class a significant amount of weight, only about 5lbs and considering what he is eating as well, I feel it should be a lot...

My 19 year old son has recently been diagnosed with an aggressive form of crohns (July 2010). He had been at home with sickness and diarohea and having been to the docs twice and being told he had a virus, I finally took him to hospital. Because he had been unwell for a while, his potassium...