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Hi folks, I have been having a bad time of it recently and my consultant has increased my asacol meds from 400mg (2400mg a day) to 800mg (4200mg a day). I have been on the increased dose for around a month now but last week I had an episode of vomiting and from that extreme nausea 24 hours a...

Hi, I called my consultant first thing this morning and he advices me to take 6400mg of acasol instead of my normal 3200mg. This seems quite a lot but obviously he knows best. Hope it doesn't take too long to work. X

Hi, Around 2 years ago now I thought I was having a bad flare up and went to casualty. They absolutely pumped me full of iv steroids and admitted me, two days later I was getting progressively worse and on one occasion I couldn't get out of bed to make it to the bathroom so the nurse helped...

Trysha, Thanks for your advice I will contact him but it's a public holiday here in northern Ireland tomorrow and Friday so will be Monday if I manage to get in touch :(. Have experienced before going to casualty and because of Crohn's being complex they keep me in until a GI consultant can...

Hi trysha, Around 6 weeks ago I saw my consultant and I was feeling bad at that stage, he upped my prednisone to 40mg with a reducing dose (now on 5mg that's my maintaining dose). I never felt any better when on the high dose. X

Hi manzyb, Thanks so much for your input. Yes, there is definitely something going on inside, I think as you say either infection or flare. Just feel not good, but it seems to come over me in waves, for a couple of hours I'm not too bad then I feel dreadful.

Hi everyone, I am a newbie on here. I hope someone can help me with some recent bloods. I have had Crohn's for over 5 years now and I think I am suffering a flare up symptoms include no appetite, pain after eating, blood in stools etc. I got some bloods done and they have came back as ...