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After the surgery, the hospital GI prescribed her Pentasa instead of Asacol and explained that Pentasa is more effective in case of Crohn. She met her GI after hospital release and he also confirmed it. She keeps filling the same prescription ever since...

I am trying to get appointments with some new doctors and convince her to see them. It's not acceptable for doctors in Iran to be asked for a specific test or procedure but I will try to ask for an abdomen CT scan in a nice way! Is there any non-surgical treatment of gall stones assuming they...

Hello everyone, Thanks very much for your replies. Each time she goes to ER, they run an ultrasound. The most recent result is: multiple gallstones (largest 12 mm) but the size of gallbladder is normal, minimal free fluid in pelvic. The rest are reported normal. This is the only time they said...

Hi everyone, My mom is 60 years old. She was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis about 30 years ago and was on Asacol until 2008 when the doctor felt a mass in his examinations in the left side of the colon. Colonoscopy showed polyps with dysplasia so they decided to remove the large intestine...