There's a bit of a story behind this, but I'd rather keep it short. Basically, I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis about 3(?) years ago now. When I was first diagnosed, I was put on Pentasa. It worked great. Cleared everything up. Put me into remission. I was in denial about my condition and stopped using it for about a year. In that time, things got pretty bad. I tried using it again and all I got was a pretty nasty reaction: vomiting, awful cramps and diarrhea. Went to the ER and the doc there brushed me off and told me to take gravol and continue using it. I tried one more time and got the exact same reaction.
My doc put me on Imuran several months ago, and I really feel that its not working for me. I have a bunch of pentasa left from my last prescription, so I decided to give it one more go. The exact same reaction happened minus the cramps.
I honestly don't understand why I'm having such an adverse reaction when it worked beautifully the first time 'round. I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience, where it worked great at first but their body later rejected it? Or if anyone has any theories as to what the heck is going on with me?
On a different note I have an appointment with my specialist in a week, and I'm going to talk to her about the Imuran. So hopefully we'll work something out then.
My doc put me on Imuran several months ago, and I really feel that its not working for me. I have a bunch of pentasa left from my last prescription, so I decided to give it one more go. The exact same reaction happened minus the cramps.
I honestly don't understand why I'm having such an adverse reaction when it worked beautifully the first time 'round. I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience, where it worked great at first but their body later rejected it? Or if anyone has any theories as to what the heck is going on with me?
On a different note I have an appointment with my specialist in a week, and I'm going to talk to her about the Imuran. So hopefully we'll work something out then.