Trapped wind pain - coming to end of pred

[Rick_1138]

Hi folks,

I am coming to the end of my pred course, on 2 * 5mg a day at the moment.

I am starting to get lower bowel discomfort, and heartburn.

This worries me a bit as my pain i get before i was on the roids was like this but obviously much more severe.

I am only into week 1 of the azathioprene and i know it can take a month or so to work if its going to etc.

I was wondering if a pro-biotic would help, i am not constipated, and the pain is probably just a lot of wind\stool moving along a tight bit.

I tried yakult once but found it made me worse but this could all have been coincidence of a flare.

I have heard that Actimel does actually help some folks, and i wondered if it was worth trying.

I am seeing the specialist tomorrow so will enquire, but i wondered if anyone had any success with this relieving wind and indigestion while on azathioprene?

thanks folks.

 

[Catherine]

You may need to slow the pred taper to allow the aza time to work. Something to discuss with your specialist.

Good luck

 

[Rick_1138]

I was wondering if it was worth doing a slightly dofferent taper.

Normally i get 8 weeks, starting at 40mg going down 5mg a week.

But asking if i can do maybe 6mg going down so its a shorter course?

Obviously i would rather avoid it as i get lower back nerve pain, cramps and acne wih it now but it does help.

Really hope Aza works as if it doesnt i dont know what else is left as Asacol did nothing.

 

[kh216]

I agree with Catherine about trying to taper off Prednisone more slowly. As for probiotics, I had a similar problem recently and I got relief by taking Phillips Colon Health.

 

[Catherine]

What Sarah's GI did was take her back to last safe level, then restarted the taper a week later.