Pred-Foam Enemas.

Are you on any other oral meds such as Asacol?

If you're having normal bms, no mucus, no bleeding, no pain upon bms, one or two bms daily...you might consider to taper to every two nights.

Do not drop them from nightly to none at all. If you taper, you can find a maintenance dosage.

What did your doc say about dealing with the enemas?

quincy

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*Heather*Status:mini flare June 23* 6asacol daily+ Salofalk (tapered every 3rd night)

~diagnosed January 1989 UC (proctosigmoiditis)

~5ASA: Asacol + Salofalk enemas (increase for flares tapered to maintenance)

~Bentylol (dicyclomine) 20mg as needed

~vitamins/minerals 

~Probiotic 2 (Natural Factors Protec) + 1 (Primadophilus Reuteri) at bedtime

~Natural Factors Multi Digestive Enzymes with supper

~Ranitidine,Pariet (reflux) Effexor XR 75mg;  Pulmicort/Airomir (asthma)

~URSO for PSC (or PBC) 500mg X 2 daily (LFTs back to NORMAL!!)

My doc's logic.. "TREAT (FROM)BOTH ENDS"  worth it !!!

In my 16 yrs of dealing with proctitis on and off I was told that using cortifoam continuously will NOT necessarily keep disease activity from re-occuring.

I've been on it for as long as a yr and then tappered, it doesn't release steroides into your blood near as much or quickly as taking prednisone does so this is why there are virtually no side effects from using steroid enemas, plus it's localized with only treating the rectom, possibly a small bit of the colon.

Thing about using it as a maintenance drug indefinitely could increase the risk of it not working as well when proctitis flares again.

:)

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My bum is broken....there's a big crack down the middle of it!  LOL  :)