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  1. vickie_x

    Tacrolimus 0.1% ointment (Protopic) for fissure?

    Hey :) So my new GI just prescribed tacrolimus ointment 0.1% (twice a day for a month) after examining me and discovering the cause of my intense rectal pain is yet another fissure. I have tried GTN cream, steroid cream, diltiazem cream for past fissures but nothing has really helped and they...
  2. vickie_x

    Crohns and Coeliac?

    (sorry if this isn't the right place and if it's been asked before - I did a quick search but wasn't easy to check all the threads on my iPad) I was just wondering if it's possible to have both crohns and coeliac. I was diagnosed with the crohns after biopsies from my colon showed granomulas (I...
  3. vickie_x

    Too much to handle right now...

    It just seems everything that could go wrong is doing right now and here feels like the safest place to just get it down so it's not rushing about in my head. After a tough few weeks with numerous exams, I knew asking for my health to hold out was going to be asking a lot but I know the stress...
  4. vickie_x

    Switching from Aza to 6-MP

    So I started azathioprine 2 weeks ago at 50mg (with a view to slowly taper up to 100mg) but I never made it past one dose of 75mg before the joint pain became so bad I couldn't move. We spoke to my GI team who advised me to stop it immediately and that they'd issue me a prescription to start...
  5. vickie_x

    Scared

    So I've just been told to start azathioprine and I have the tablets and the blood work forms... and a terrible case of nerves. At 16, this has to be the biggest decision of my life and it's one I really wish I could run from. I know how beneficial this drug can be yet I am also aware (maybe too...
  6. vickie_x

    Newly diagnosed (story so far...)

    hello :) I guess this is where I begin as a new member - with a 'brief' introduction (something says this isn't going to be brief). My experience with crohn's started back mid-Nov 2010 when I was getting a mouth full of ulcers that wouldn't go. I was given antibiotics, antivirals and...
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