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R85ERT
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Joined : Oct 2018
Posts : 57
Posted 1/13/2019 3:27 PM (GMT -7)
Anyone got some experience of this medication im just about to start ??
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3timechamp
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Joined : Oct 2009
Posts : 1318
Posted 1/13/2019 3:31 PM (GMT -7)
I was on 6mp for few years. Started on it in bad flare. Took months to get flare under control. Did 6mp help??? Maybe Need blood work done while your on it
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ks1905
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Joined : Sep 2005
Posts : 5420
Posted 1/13/2019 6:00 PM (GMT -7)
Probably my best remission was on 6-mp. My complaint was that I slept even worse than usually when I was on 6-mp. I’m a horrible sleeper.
Keith

DX'd with Severe Pancolitis June 2005
Previous Meds: 5ASAs, Predisone, 6-MP. Remicade, Humira, Simponi, Cimzia & Cyclosporine
3-step J-Pouch surgery: 2013 & 2014

Current Condition: Chronic Pouchitis -- Not as bad as I thought it would be
Current Meds: Stelara
Total Hip Replacement: 12/16 -- Thanks Prednisone!!!
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DBwithUC
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Joined : Feb 2011
Posts : 4348
Posted 1/13/2019 9:08 PM (GMT -7)
Drink lots of water to avoid kidney stones.
11/08: ischemic colitis and scope perf colon. 12cm colon/ileocecal resected. IV antib:sepsis.
01/10: Dx: Mod. UC pancolitis. Rx: Lialda 3x.
02/11: Major flare w/antib:sinus. Rx: 40mg Pred taper. 6mp.
07/11: Histol remiss rt/trans; worse sigmoid. Rx: Rowasa & hydrocort
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Curr: 1-2 soft-formed stool, no urgency: Lialda 2x, NO PRED, probiotics, Vit-D/C
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