Salofalk vs. Cortifoam vs. Hycort Which one? All? None?

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I am starting to think our GI is making sure we cross off every IBD medication as have been taken.

We have been doing Hycort ( Hydrocortisone Enema), but not much success (it feels like it burns my daughter & she hates it), and have had better success with Cortifoam (Corticosteroid Enema). Our doctor had us add Salofalk (5-ASA Enema). I honestly thought the Salofalk was another steroid. Our doc wants us to "sandwich" the Cortifoam & Salofalk, Cortifoam right before bed, Salofalk right at wake up. Anyone have experience with this type of treatment? Is one better than the other? I can't quite understand what the 5-asa does over the steroid or vice versa.
 
I was put on salofalk after pentasa. I was, however, taken off it because it caused heart palptations. Hopefully your daughter will have more luck :)
 
My daughter does the cortifoam and the mesalamine enemas. She has been using the cortifoam for quite awhile, which works well but it shouldnt be used too much. She only uses a small amount of the mesalamine and it seems to be working now that we have it under control.

I hope it works for your daughter..... I sure feel that these are a lot more mild and a much better treatment if they work for her. We didnt have great success with REmicade and it was time to get her off of the big drugs for now. It was a bit scary and has taken quite awhile and our GI did her best to guilt us into keeping her on them (however she was genuinely concerned) We are also doing the Flagyl and she is seeing a Natural path on Wed.

wishing the best for your daughter
 
The GI thinks it will decrease her bathroom trips if we use both around the worst part of her day (right before bed & right after the morning). The worst part of her digestive tract is now at the end, so I think her GI thinks if we can give it a bit of a shot of steroids it will calm it down a bit.

Even with all the meds she is still going 10-12x a day.
 
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