tapering asacol?

My GI said I can taper my Asacol once I get into remission. I'm on 12 a day now, still in a flare.

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23 years old
Diagnosed with UC March 2007
Current inflamation in the rectum
Asacol 4 tablets 3x/day

anytime I lower my dosage of asacol or rowasa my sx's increase, so I just keep them as they are--I can play around w/the rowasa more, such as, skip a night or two if no signs of bleeding, but if I go too long, blood always returns. I think the lowest I'd even go w/asacol is 6 a day. Rowasa more likely to skip just b/c it's an enema and have been shootin it up my bum for almost 10 years now and just get tired of it.

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Dx Ulcerative Colitis 1999; IBS; CP: Asacol x3 x3/day, Rowasa, Proctofoam, Prilosec, Bentyl, Prozac, Endocet (as needed), multi vit, probiotic, fish oil caps x2/day, calcium 1200 mg./day, Prednisone (off/on, unfortunately).

I just saw my doctor last week Tuesday and he upped my asacol to 12 but told me I could go back to 6 once my flare is under control. However, he didn't mention the process to which to do this. So I'm going to call his office tomorrow to find out if it's one per week or one per month or what. If I find out an answer, I'll post and let you know.