Hi,
I was diagnosed with Crohn's on the 19th of October that is "moderately active." My question is, I was immediately put on asacol for about a week, then after the small bowel series changed to pentasa and Imuran. My question is should I be put on imuran this soon? From what I have read it is supposed to be a treatment for when something like pentasa doesn't work. The fact that it opens me up to various sicknesses, cancer, and other side effects scares me and they sound worse than the crohn's I am currently dealing with. I was bleeding bad before the asacol, but that seems to have stopped now with the pentasa and my biggest complaint is back pain. Should I just be taking pentasa alone, or is pentasa and imuran a better combination? Your thoughts are appreciated.
I was diagnosed with Crohn's on the 19th of October that is "moderately active." My question is, I was immediately put on asacol for about a week, then after the small bowel series changed to pentasa and Imuran. My question is should I be put on imuran this soon? From what I have read it is supposed to be a treatment for when something like pentasa doesn't work. The fact that it opens me up to various sicknesses, cancer, and other side effects scares me and they sound worse than the crohn's I am currently dealing with. I was bleeding bad before the asacol, but that seems to have stopped now with the pentasa and my biggest complaint is back pain. Should I just be taking pentasa alone, or is pentasa and imuran a better combination? Your thoughts are appreciated.