Hey Guys,
I've been on Remicade for about 4 months now (every 6wks at this point), and it seems to be helping alleviate some of my symptoms (stricturing and ulcers). Things had gotten pretty bad recently after my ileum got a little irritated during my last colonoscopy, so my GI put me on Entocort. I had previously had really bad psychological complications with prednisone (crazy bipolar), so we chose Entocort as a safer alternative. Unfortunately, the Entocort started to give me the same acne and manic depression as prednisone, so my doc decided to put me on 6-MP instead. Ive done some research about it, and Im not sure what to think. All of the side effects sound horrible, but I imagine they are more relevant to chemotherapy patients. Im prescribed 50mg/day, which I think is a low dose but Im curious how it compares to others, and how it compares to chemo doses.
Does anyone have any first-hand experience with 6-MP and remicade together? Any good experiences? Are my fears of bone marrow death and hair-loss overblown?
Thanks for the support everyone! Im a little scared, but pretty hopeful that remission will come soon.
I've been on Remicade for about 4 months now (every 6wks at this point), and it seems to be helping alleviate some of my symptoms (stricturing and ulcers). Things had gotten pretty bad recently after my ileum got a little irritated during my last colonoscopy, so my GI put me on Entocort. I had previously had really bad psychological complications with prednisone (crazy bipolar), so we chose Entocort as a safer alternative. Unfortunately, the Entocort started to give me the same acne and manic depression as prednisone, so my doc decided to put me on 6-MP instead. Ive done some research about it, and Im not sure what to think. All of the side effects sound horrible, but I imagine they are more relevant to chemotherapy patients. Im prescribed 50mg/day, which I think is a low dose but Im curious how it compares to others, and how it compares to chemo doses.
Does anyone have any first-hand experience with 6-MP and remicade together? Any good experiences? Are my fears of bone marrow death and hair-loss overblown?
Thanks for the support everyone! Im a little scared, but pretty hopeful that remission will come soon.