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The sore knees - strange. Have you been checked for any types of arthritis? What's interesting is sulfasalazine is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis as well. Hopefully the scope will tell all and you'll get a firm diagnosis so you can get straightened out once and for all.

My pills are enteric coated and cannot be crushed. They are 500 mg each. Because she's so young and small, things may be very different, I really don't know.

Hi. I take 3000 mg a day, 2 x 500 mg coated tablet three times a day. Started with one a day and slowly upped it to six. I sometimes take eight when I'm in a flare-up (and I remember to) to hopefully help. I don't find this stuff affects my appetite at all (unfortunately!!)

I'm surprised they gave her predisone so quickly. I've never taken it and I had bad Crohn's when I was diagnosed. I hope it goes well and the maintenance drugs keep her in check. Try your best not to have her on pred if you can as it's one of those drugs you want to use as little as possible...

I have been on Sulfasalazine for years and years with no ill effects/side effects. One of the huge side effects for this drug is male infertility, which won't affect your daughter :) The other big one is depression in young men, again, not an issue for you. The newer drugs are also more...

Anyone else taking Sulfasalazine? I have been taking it for years and generally it works fine. Last time I had a flare-up was about a year ago. Unfortunately, I'm having a flare-up now and, for the first time in years, since I was diagnosed, actually, I'm seeing blood in my stool at times...

I've been taking Sulfasalazine for years now and find it helps me tremendously. If I get sick (other sick) and forget to take any pills for a couple days, I feel the Crohn's coming back with a vengeance.

I recently discovered Immodium and find it helps a lot. I still get gas but at least during flare-ups it allows me to not go constantly. I am still going and am not stopped up or bound up so I'm very glad to have found it. If it did stop me up to the point I was needing a laxative, I'd not take...