Comments on: My Drugs http://www.ihaveuc.com/my-drugs/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Leorahttp://www.ihaveuc.com/my-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-1925 Leora Sun, 12 Dec 2010 03:58:17 +0000 http://www.ihaveuc.com/blog/?p=533#comment-1925 How very astute you are. But I do believe we are all intelligent individuals online, perusing these posts. You need not correct the young lady, the information comes across quite clear if not precisely fact by fact checked. Good day to all and good luck. All who suffer will be in my prayers. How very astute you are. But I do believe we are all intelligent individuals online, perusing these posts. You need not correct the young lady, the information comes across quite clear if not precisely fact by fact checked. Good day to all and good luck. All who suffer will be in my prayers.

]]> By: Jasonhttp://www.ihaveuc.com/my-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-1801 Jason Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:40:14 +0000 http://www.ihaveuc.com/blog/?p=533#comment-1801 Contrary to what you said, Dilaudid is actually hydromorphone. I'll let you use your context clues there to decipher what that entails... Also; HEROIN was originally created to get people off of MORPHINE. It is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from MORPHINE. Up until the early 1900's HEROIN was a marketed as a safe alternative to MORPHINE by Bayer until they realized that HEROIN actually metabolized very quickly into MORPHINE, essentially making it a quicker version of MORPHINE. Just thought you should know... BTW I have UC as well and I have frequent trouble with abdominal pain. All they've given me is Asacol and Canasa(yay, not). Any suggestions to get the right medicine for pain? It is not frequent but sometimes my whole body just feels achey and I need something to take the edge away, because when it rains it poors if you catch my drift... THANKS Contrary to what you said, Dilaudid is actually hydromorphone. I’ll let you use your context clues there to decipher what that entails… Also; HEROIN was originally created to get people off of MORPHINE. It is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from MORPHINE. Up until the early 1900′s HEROIN was a marketed as a safe alternative to MORPHINE by Bayer until they realized that HEROIN actually metabolized very quickly into MORPHINE, essentially making it a quicker version of MORPHINE. Just thought you should know… BTW I have UC as well and I have frequent trouble with abdominal pain. All they’ve given me is Asacol and Canasa(yay, not). Any suggestions to get the right medicine for pain? It is not frequent but sometimes my whole body just feels achey and I need something to take the edge away, because when it rains it poors if you catch my drift… THANKS

]]> By: Kimberly Pratthttp://www.ihaveuc.com/my-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Kimberly Pratt Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:16:26 +0000 http://www.ihaveuc.com/blog/?p=533#comment-269 Wow! I really feel lucky that I have been able to keep my UC in check with only 2 meds, and it's been 9 months so far with NO flare-up! I started on a regimen of 60mg of prednisone daily plus the max of Asacol, 3,600mg. After 4 months, I was able to taper down and completely come off of the prednisone. I am still on the Asacol, but down to 1,800mg daily. When I asked about when I'd be able to taper completely off of the Asacol, the doctor pretty much said it would be to my own risk to come off it...pretty much ever, because of the chronic nature of UC. My husband and I are trying to have a baby now, so I will remain on Asacol through that, so that I don't have to deal with UC flare-ups in addition to everything else my body will go through. But I don't really cherish the idea of being on Asacol the rest of my life either, so maybe after pregnancy I will experiment with going drug free. But the doctor did warn that it's possible that if I do go off the Asacol and have a subsequent flare-up, the same med regiment may not work on me again. It's frustrating that they don't really seem to have a lot of answers as to long-term solutions. I asked about diet, and she said that even with a good UC diet, most people will still have flareups at some point if they are not on medication. Hmph. Wow! I really feel lucky that I have been able to keep my UC in check with only 2 meds, and it’s been 9 months so far with NO flare-up! I started on a regimen of 60mg of prednisone daily plus the max of Asacol, 3,600mg. After 4 months, I was able to taper down and completely come off of the prednisone. I am still on the Asacol, but down to 1,800mg daily. When I asked about when I’d be able to taper completely off of the Asacol, the doctor pretty much said it would be to my own risk to come off it…pretty much ever, because of the chronic nature of UC. My husband and I are trying to have a baby now, so I will remain on Asacol through that, so that I don’t have to deal with UC flare-ups in addition to everything else my body will go through. But I don’t really cherish the idea of being on Asacol the rest of my life either, so maybe after pregnancy I will experiment with going drug free. But the doctor did warn that it’s possible that if I do go off the Asacol and have a subsequent flare-up, the same med regiment may not work on me again.

It’s frustrating that they don’t really seem to have a lot of answers as to long-term solutions. I asked about diet, and she said that even with a good UC diet, most people will still have flareups at some point if they are not on medication. Hmph.

]]> By: Ashleyhttp://www.ihaveuc.com/my-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Ashley Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:17:35 +0000 http://www.ihaveuc.com/blog/?p=533#comment-221 I remembered a couple of other medications I forgot to add originally... Promethazine or Phenergan: post-operative sedative and an anti-nausea medicine - I take 1 20mg tablet as needed; also, I've been given it through an IV as well when I'm in the hospital. it works really well, but it causes sclerosis of the veins and can be very harmful to your veins (I am starting to attain some of those risks right now. it's very difficult to find veins to use for IV's as well as to draw blood from.) Zofran: another type of anti-nausea medicine - I've gotten this through IV while in the hospital. Dilaudid: narcotic pain killer. more potent than morphine; basically a legal, supervised form of heroin. - Whenever I'm in the hospital, this is what they have to use to relieve my pain because morphine no longer works for me. I remembered a couple of other medications I forgot to add originally…

Promethazine or Phenergan: post-operative sedative and an anti-nausea medicine

- I take 1 20mg tablet as needed; also, I’ve been given it through an IV as well when I’m in the hospital. it works really well, but it causes sclerosis of the veins and can be very harmful to your veins (I am starting to attain some of those risks right now. it’s very difficult to find veins to use for IV’s as well as to draw blood from.)

Zofran: another type of anti-nausea medicine

- I’ve gotten this through IV while in the hospital.

Dilaudid: narcotic pain killer. more potent than morphine; basically a legal, supervised form of heroin.

- Whenever I’m in the hospital, this is what they have to use to relieve my pain because morphine no longer works for me.

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