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Ah, you made me update his drugs list ... he was on lialda before going on pentasa. Not sure why the change. He was hospitalized in January and this past week for about 5 days each time to hydrate and get MREs and scopes.

I'm noticing many people on Pentasa are on lower doses. My son is taking 3x500mg three times a day. I've yet to see that dosage. I think he's been on that dosage since January when he started his Remicade treatments every 6 weeks ... or are we down to every 4 weeks now?

We haven't gotten a second opinion yet, but we are probably going to get one at Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania. Our current hospital is very good and is affiliated with many of the city's universities. Today is the second day of the one meal diet. He went to school with an Ensure in a...

mreyn - My wife and I are going through this right now. Our son was diagnosed with Crohn's when he was 10 years old. A happy, normal weight and sized kid. He is now 15 years old and 5'10" and anywhere from 100 - 113 lbs. He was on all of the usual medicines, prednisone, azathioprine, asacol...