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My doc told me to redue about 2.5 mgs. every week or 10 days, but I know my own body and know that does now work for me. was on 20 at approx. end of July and started reducing after about 6 weeks to 1 mg. a week to 10 days. The slower I go down the less pain i have. I am at 12 now, took a...

Hi Chally2, I have had bad heel pain off and on over the years. My doc suggested freezing a plastic bottle of water (don't fill all the way up or it will burst) and when your heels hurt put it under the foot and roll it. It does help. I am going down from 20 mgs. of Pred. at the moment and...

Higbonzo, you sound just like me. There comes a time with crohn's it seems that the joints just go. I have had crohn's for 37 years and just in the last four years my pains started in my bones (as I say). My left hip gives me heck as well as my kness and sometimes my ankles and toes. It's...

I used the colosty whatever years ago. I take a pill called Colestid, which may be the same thing. I take 1 or 2 and it helps. It is really a cholesterol drug but won't hurt you, brings the chol. down a bit too. Looked at the photos, love the owl. I take lots of flower photos as I grow...

i take a probiotic every day. I will not give up gluten and was tested for that disease and do not have it. my most major problem is diarrhea due to crohn's and resection and also I have joint pains, mostly my knees and left hip and sometimes my big toes. I am also tired a lot, but try to...

This is done by IV, takes a couple or hours or so. Need to make sure your insurance pays though. It was expensive back then but may have gone down. I am sorry you have to deal with all this. It is hard enough with no kids and an understanding husband like I have. What do you have...

Did you say you tried Remicade? I had one course years ago and it helped me for about 6 mos. It's worth a try if you have not done it.

Hi, that is so bad for you!! You need to get off the painkillers while you can? Do you have a good gastroenterologist? If they get your crohn's under control these other issues will go away or become mild enough to not use the painkillers. I get occasonal backache and hip pain when I have...

Hi ChrisJue, need to try Benicar HCT to get that BP down. Tell your doc you would like to try Benicar HCT 40/25

Hi Benicar and Lopressor works very well at getting blood pressure down to normal.

my meds are a.m. Benicar and Lopressor and p.m. Norvasc and Lopressor. The only time mine is high is when I get up in the a.m., around 150's over 80, then I take the benicar and lopressor and within an hour it is low, like 110/60 and stays that way until the next a.m. usually.

I have had crohn's for 30 yrs. and just got high b.p. I use Benicar and Lopessor in a.m. and lopressor and norvasc at nite and it does really well. The Benicar is a wonder drug. Your pressure is too high at 210/110 and needs to be treated.

my doc tells me you can get low back pain in the sacro-iliac area. I was told it is crohn's arthritis (a specific arthritis you get when you have crohn's) Ii use an ice bag sometimes and it seems to work better than heat. It will pass for me when the flare is better. Rt. now I have a spot in...

i had a severe backache one nite and then a strange pressure and pain in vaginal area. KUB showed no kid. stones, but ultrasound of bladder showed small dark area. Doc thinks I have a bladder stone and will do further testing. Have any of you ever had a bladder stone?