MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

I have been on 9 mg of entocort AGAIN and up to 16 mg of loperamide daily since my ER visit of a few weeks ago. I think I am slowly improving, at least the number of D are lessening so I am backing off the loperamide. I am, however, having significantly more pain this time than I have ever had befor...

Okay Tex I'll take your advice. As of this morning I'm back on 9 mg of entocort my tea, potato, ground turkey diet and have just had my 5th watery D at 9 AM. Am in full relapse with pain and nausea which I didn't have before. Encouragement, please!

Am taking 4000 IU of D3 and 700 of ReMag.

The irony is I had planned on tapering off the Entocort in October after I got home to Florida after all the trips. I left the ER this afternoon with a Rx for Entocort for 6 weeks: 2 weeks at 9 mg, 2 weeks at 6 mg and 2 weeks at 3 mg. Ostensibly I’ll be able to get back in to see this GI by then. Bu...

Am taking 4000 IU of D3 and 700 of ReMag.

Am sitting in the ER right now in a terrible mess. I had made great progress this winter having weaned from my SSRI and slowly healed with the help of Entocort to the point where I was having formed stools and was looking forward to a summer of travel. I needed a new Rx on my Entocort when suddenly ...

Thanks Tex. Interesting concept re depression. I am retired from the mental health field so this interests me. I have done really much better than I expected without the SSRI. When there is a problem, some CBT helps alot. The acupuncture is going very well and has been very helpful as well as the Ch...

Will try another capful in the afternoon or evening. So far, the amount I’m taking has almost eradicated my migraines. So thankful! Thanks for info.

I am making progress but I want to be sure I am getting enough of the right meds. I'm taking a capful of Remag and 2000IU D3daily. Am also taking a GF organic multivitamin, 500 mg turmeric and a Zyrtec (histamine issues). I am also, temporarily, taking 9 mg Entecort. I am one week off my SSRI (yippe...

Thanks Tex.

Lisa D, Thanks so much for your message. I guess it's time I bring this thread up to date. I am almost off my SSRI (Saturday is my last 10 mg dose - I weaned over about 6 weeks) and thankfully I have had few side effects. I know I have a ways to go before it is completely out of my system but I am e...

Thanks.

I hear what you're saying. I had no side effects in the past so I may try it. I think I will also try accelerating my SSRI withdrawal.Thanks again.

Thanks Tex. Also, would it be wise to go back on the Entecort til I'm off the SSRI?

I was diagnosed 7 years ago and have been following this forum for some time. Within the last year my MC has gotten much worse. I have 8-10 watery stools per day. I find it hard to leave the house. I have lost 40 pounds in the last year. Colonoscopy shows no change except for a polyp recently found ...