I'm probably going to start Budesonide....the cholestyramine just isn't working. The good thing is that it slowed the urgency to the point that I felt comfortable when out and about, but D was water and grit (every so often mush).
I have Rosacea and if you have it, you're aware of the broken veins in your face. Today, I went for a laser treatment (which I have done many times) and was asked what I was doing differently? As in products, meds, etc. I told her I had been taking a new med and as we discussed further, I remembered it could cause a deficiency in the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E, K....when I got to K she immediately said "that's what it is" she couldn't get the veins to blanch and she had already pointed out some spots on my face and neck and after our discussion, she attributed those to possible K deficiency. So, that along with the fact it wasn't actually helping the D has led me to the decision to stop.
Now my question about Budesonide....does anyone know the shelf life? The one site I could find said 3 years. My SIL also has MC and she gave me some older prescriptions of Budesonide that she never used - she can get a script for $10 and just doses herself (eats whatever she wants). She lives approx. 5 hours away from me, but the last time I saw her, she gave me capsules that were filled 4/29/2014 (1/2 bottle) and 1/15/2015.
Do you think those are safe to take? If so, I'll take those before I begin my prescription. I would normally avoid taking another persons meds, but since we have both been diagnosed with MC and the capsules are identical to mine....I would take them if they haven't expired.
Also, I know to start 9MG in the morning, but does it matter what time in the morning? I read where Cortisol levels are highest around 7am.....any thoughts?
Thanks so much,
Terre
Shelf life of Budesonide
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Terre,
Expiration dates on most pharmaceutical products are simply there to coerce unknowing patients into throwing away expensive "outdated" products so that they have to buy new ones (more profit for Big Pharma). Of course there is some merit to cleaning out the medicine cabinet or desk drawers occasionally in order to prevent someone from taking the wrong meds by mistake, and to keep certain drugs out of the hands of kids or anyone else who shouldn't have access to them.
If you look at the label on your pill bottles when you receive them from your pharmacy you will notice that every one of them expires in exactly 1 year (at least that's been my experience). Doesn't that seem kind of odd that they would all deteriorate at the same rapid rate? The truth is, in most cases, the drugs may remain effective for decades. Yes, they slowly lose some potency, but that doesn't make them unsafe to use. A few years ago the government did a study coordinated with the FDA to determine whether their stockpile of medications accumulated for the purpose of treating military personnel actually needed to be updated or whether they could save a lot of money by continuing to use them when needed.
Drug Expiration Dates — Do They Mean Anything?
If the storage conditions were good, I wouldn't hesitate to use a drug over 20 years old, if I needed it.
The timing for taking budesonide is not critical. Anywhere around breakfast time should work OK.
Tex
Expiration dates on most pharmaceutical products are simply there to coerce unknowing patients into throwing away expensive "outdated" products so that they have to buy new ones (more profit for Big Pharma). Of course there is some merit to cleaning out the medicine cabinet or desk drawers occasionally in order to prevent someone from taking the wrong meds by mistake, and to keep certain drugs out of the hands of kids or anyone else who shouldn't have access to them.
If you look at the label on your pill bottles when you receive them from your pharmacy you will notice that every one of them expires in exactly 1 year (at least that's been my experience). Doesn't that seem kind of odd that they would all deteriorate at the same rapid rate? The truth is, in most cases, the drugs may remain effective for decades. Yes, they slowly lose some potency, but that doesn't make them unsafe to use. A few years ago the government did a study coordinated with the FDA to determine whether their stockpile of medications accumulated for the purpose of treating military personnel actually needed to be updated or whether they could save a lot of money by continuing to use them when needed.
Drug Expiration Dates — Do They Mean Anything?
If the storage conditions were good, I wouldn't hesitate to use a drug over 20 years old, if I needed it.
The timing for taking budesonide is not critical. Anywhere around breakfast time should work OK.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
The law states that the expiration date be one year from dispensing date. This does not mean that is the actual drug expiration. The only true way to know this is to look at the exact stock bottle it came from. Most times, it's several years. In any case, just because a drug has gone past its "expiration date" does not mean it's bad. Drugs to not spoil in the same way food does. The expiration date only means that a drug is at 100% purity at that date. After that, it begins to lose its potency. There have been instances where drugs were somewhere in the ballpark of 8-9 years past the expiration date and it still worked.
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Bearcat,
Thank you for sharing your insight. We live in a convoluted world these days where contrary to the vision of the "Founding Fathers" of this country, most laws seem to be passed for political reasons rather than for logical reasons. But nevertheless, they are still valid (
) laws. It's the price we pay for allowing politicians to run the country. 
Tex
Thank you for sharing your insight. We live in a convoluted world these days where contrary to the vision of the "Founding Fathers" of this country, most laws seem to be passed for political reasons rather than for logical reasons. But nevertheless, they are still valid (
) laws. It's the price we pay for allowing politicians to run the country. Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
My cousin sent me her Entocort once she went into remission and I put it in the drawer and forgot about it. When I had a flare up, over a year later, I took it and it worked just fine. I am not a believer in expiration dates.
I read a similar thing about cortisol levels but it did not say at 7 a.m. it said within 30 minutes of waking up. I did another search but cannot find the reference.
Good luck!
Weezie
I read a similar thing about cortisol levels but it did not say at 7 a.m. it said within 30 minutes of waking up. I did another search but cannot find the reference.
Good luck!
Weezie