I've just officially passed the 3 month mark of being on Imuran and other then a stupid cold like thing going on I haven't noticed a reduction in symptoms. I've also been on Pred for 2 months now, just dosed down from 60mg to 40mg. I'm not having as many days with D now but I am noticing constipation issues. Pain levels are marginally better. I honestly don't see a big difference from before I started the drug therapy other then the known effects of the pred, so I guess the symptoms are better but not what I expected. I thought I'd be in remission by now ugh.
I'm posting because I have an appt with the GI doc on Thursday and I'm trying to come up with talking points to see where we go from here. Do I drop the Imuran and move on to Humira? There was talk of surgery but I'm not sure of the status of that at this point since the pill cam finally passed and didn't get completely stuck (thank goodness). Obviously my doc and I need to make the final decision but I thought that perhaps others who have been able to tolerate Imuran might chime in here and let me know how long before they saw positive effects, I've read most of the diaries and it seems like almost everyone has had bad luck with it.
I'm posting because I have an appt with the GI doc on Thursday and I'm trying to come up with talking points to see where we go from here. Do I drop the Imuran and move on to Humira? There was talk of surgery but I'm not sure of the status of that at this point since the pill cam finally passed and didn't get completely stuck (thank goodness). Obviously my doc and I need to make the final decision but I thought that perhaps others who have been able to tolerate Imuran might chime in here and let me know how long before they saw positive effects, I've read most of the diaries and it seems like almost everyone has had bad luck with it.