Below is a posting from an anonymous person who as you can see has taken many many medications for ulcerative colitis. I thought it might be helpful for some other UC patients to see how it is not always easy to go from being diagnosed to finding a solution that works for you. Thanks for the information and the look into your life:
I wish I had only been on four medicines. I’ve been on every single group pyramid-whatever drug possible.
From Pentasa to Flagyll (antibotic) to 6mp to Methotrexate to Remicade to Humira to
SCD
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Lifesaver)
I’ve done everything. Name a drug and I’ve done that family of drugs. Name a treatment and my parents got it for me: Whipworms? check. Only NG feeds? Check. Only TPN feeds? Check. Massage? Check (I wish I still got that one…:D) Stand on your head and spin around three times? I would have…
Literally the only thing left was a permanent ostomy. At that point the doctors said there was no harm in trying SCD while we wait to schedule it. Thank goodness my Mom forced me to do it.
All of the posts from “Annonymous UC” are from ulcerative colitis people who anonymously submitted stories or Doctor Reviews, medication, supplement reviews etc… I post all these stories to the site, but they’re different from my own personal stories so hopefully this account makes more sense:) -Adam – founder of iHaveUC.com
