I am so thrilled that these things are working after only three days!!
Much less gas, mucus, no bloody stuff, ONE BM a day. ONE!!
Amazing.
I will try Rowasa in a week or so when my Dr. Intestine says it's a go.
I remain on 4 Lialda a day and my supplements/probiotics.
I'm so hopeful.
THis has been one helluva bad year with my UC and I'm hopeful again.
I sure hope it lasts.
Smiles,

Mary A.

I LOVE them too!! They work extremely quick with me too-

Carlie

Hydrocortisone 100mg: 6ml. White box black letters. It just says Hydrocortisone rectal suspension enemas.
Made by Breckenridge Pharmaceutical Inc.

Carlie

are hydrocortisone enemas better oral prednisone in terms of side effects?

It's a steroid, not systemic, like pred, but not an answer either.

Gina, any use of a steroid based med is not advisable in the long term. Even though you only get approximately 5-8mgs of steroid in your blood stream with the use of the enema, you are still getting steroids in your system; perhaps building up over time. The longest I have been on the enemas were a year - not consistently though but pretty darn close (6-8 weeks on) 2-3 weeks off and than on again. Long term steroidal enema use can lead to rectal wall thinning and adrenal fatigue.

After several nights of Rowasa, I need to have a night or two of hydrocort to control bleeding and discomfort. I have tried mixing them 2/3 Rowasa, but after an inconsistent week last week, I use only hydorcort the last two nights. I wake up feeling better and have a larger "good stretch" from about 1.5 hours after waking until about 6pm.

I think I should continue to try to get the Rowasa in, so I am going to try mixing 2/3 hydrocort for a while. Maybe during this time I can taper off my low dose (15mg) of oral Pred. I have been on that for over a year, and am concerned about being Pred dependent.

Maybe I can't stay on hydrocort forever, but they do provide a semi-vacation form UC.

Such great news Mary. I am happy you're using rectal meds, they are important in keeping my UC calm.