Has anyone tried Monavie for Crohns?

[AbdoAlien]

Hi all...just wondering if anyone has tried the drink Monavie for their crohns or colitis? I haven't tried it myself, but I am thinking about it...I have been doing gluten free, sugar free and lactose free for about 9months now and it actually was helping alot, but then of course life happened and I was under tremendous stress for a few weeks and off of my routine, which ended up in a hospital stay full of tests and more inflammed tissue....I am now considering trying Monavie, but I was just wondering if anyone has any success with this?? I've read some blogs on it, but any input here would be greatly appreciated..Thanks
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[dreamintwilight]

Hi AbdoAlien.

I don't have any experience with Monavie and have never heard of it before. Hopefully some others on here might be more helpful than me Just wanted to pop in and say hi though. Hope you find something that works for you.

Are you on any medications or are you taking a more natural route?

 

[AbdoAlien]

hey dreamintwilight..thanks for the response...no I am also on imuran and have been for 1 year, I was on Budesinide, but have been off that since Jan...the GI was thinking about putting me on humira after my relapse last week, but after the colonoscopy he felt the imuran had been working...I have to stay on both natural and med route as much as I'd like to do just the natural route...but when I've tried just that or just the meds I seem to put myself back in a flare..the combo seems to be manageable for me although this whole thing is a pain in the butt as I'm sure you know!!!

 

[dreamintwilight]

Yeah, I completely understand it being a pain in the butt.

I think the natural route is nice, but I don't believe in its longevity. It does seem to work for some, but I feel like more often than not you hear about people suffering worse flares when they're not on any types of medications. So, I'm sticking with my meds.

That's confusing about your doctor saying the Imuran is working, but you ended up in the hospital last week with what sounds to me like a flare-up. How are you feeling symptom wise currently?

I would tend to think if you are still experiencing symptoms your dosage of Imuran isn't strong enough or I would push to start the Humira. In my own experience, I went backwards compared to you. I started on Humira and then had another flare-up 3 months later, so I was put on an Imuran/Humira combo and I haven't had any symptoms since!

 

[AbdoAlien]

No actually what happened was last week was I went in thinking I had an obstruction (lots of pain all over abdomen, bloating and then vomitting) cuz my symptoms r usually pain in LLQ and diarrhea...Anyway so I went in and had a CT and found a 4cm x 4.4cm mass in my ileocecal valve...so had bunch of stuff done and had colonoscopy, etc...was some stool stuck in the valve and caused some inflammed tissue in the area...GI said my ulcers were gone from before and my bowel looked good otherwise...so he put me back on imuran cuz he said the inflammed tissue was from the impacted stool...like a partial blockage...so he scraped out what he could and put me on antibiotics and back on imuran...just told me to stay off work for a week and lay low...go back and see him in another week...

 

[dreamintwilight]

Oh okay That makes so much more sense now. Hopefully it was just a momentary blip and the Imuran is working well for you!

 

[Catherina]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MonaVie - just have a look at this link before making any unnessecary expenses. If this is the drink you are talking about, this is.

 

[Pirate]

I have used the MonaVie. It is expensive, but I have used it because of the aching joints after my Remicade infusions. I drink a bottle for the week after the infusion and my joint pain is a lot less then if I don't use it. As far as helping with flares, I haven't had any experiances with it. They also have an energy drink that I think does work. I feel more energetic if I drink one a day. Plus its suppose to be all natural.

 

[AbdoAlien]

Thanks all