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armstrongpilot
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I want to do the enterolabs....however I have been on entocort for about 8 months. Does that mean my tests will be inaccurate?
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Gabes-Apg
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hi there
this discussion in the enterolab section will answer that question
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=22142
this discussion in the enterolab section will answer that question
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=22142
Gabes Ryan
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Pilot,
The longer we react to a food, the higher our antibody counts climb. Budesonide suppresses antibody levels. 8 months at full dose is long enough for budesonide to have a significant effect on your antibody levels. If your antibody levels were really high before you started taking the budesonide then you might still get reliable results. However, if your initial antibody levels were relatively low (only marginally in the positive range, for example), then the budesonide could suppress those antibody levels to the point where you might receive false negative results on some of the foods.
Any positive test results would still be valid and 100 % reliable. But negative test results might be false negatives due to the budesonide. Do you see what I'm saying? IOW the tests might still identify foods to which you have a strong reaction (or foods that you have been reacting to for a long time), but you couldn't be sure that the foods that show a negative result are actually safe for you (because of the budesonide).
Tex
The longer we react to a food, the higher our antibody counts climb. Budesonide suppresses antibody levels. 8 months at full dose is long enough for budesonide to have a significant effect on your antibody levels. If your antibody levels were really high before you started taking the budesonide then you might still get reliable results. However, if your initial antibody levels were relatively low (only marginally in the positive range, for example), then the budesonide could suppress those antibody levels to the point where you might receive false negative results on some of the foods.
Any positive test results would still be valid and 100 % reliable. But negative test results might be false negatives due to the budesonide. Do you see what I'm saying? IOW the tests might still identify foods to which you have a strong reaction (or foods that you have been reacting to for a long time), but you couldn't be sure that the foods that show a negative result are actually safe for you (because of the budesonide).
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.