Uceris and prednisone draw down

Less frequency is most certainly a good thing. For me, urgency was the very last symptom to go. Just be vigilant and aware of flare signs as you drop to 10 mgs and below, like signs of blood. If you experience them then contact your gastroenterologist ASAP, stop tapering, and return to your last safe dose.

I'm a big advocate for a truly variable/flexible taper, based on patient response. Be 90 percent healed or more before ceasing prednisone, otherwise it's just a huge waste of time. Low doses don't heal much...

" Low doses don't heal much..."

well, actually, low doses don't heal at all - as well as high doses - corticosteroids suppress inflammation and immune response - they don't do any healing - the body does that -

Correct, prednisone is most effective at high doses and that's when you're body is able to heal the most. When you're on a low dose, like 10 mgs, then comparatively you're not able to heal very much, you essential just hold (level off) where you're at with your current inflammation levels (no better and no worse). So, the bulk of your healing must occur at the higher doses of prednisone if you're going to have the best results. Otherwise, taper off and lingering symptoms return...

I highly recommend a specific carbohydrate diet. Stay on the intro diet for four days then slowly add foods. If you find yourself having issues go back to the intro diet. The chicken soup and bananas in the intro diet are very healing. Add avocado as your first introduced food.

There's many uc diets and alternatives to try, see the resources section at the top of the forum. It entails a lot of trial-and-error, what works for one doesn't necessarily work for another. Some find relief and others do not (myself included).

He usually does, but this time around he seemed hesitant to prescribe canasa/rowasa. I'm not sure why - perhaps because I was on them most of Dec/Jan/Feb? Things seemed to quieten down a little, but after a month or so, they began to slowly get worse. I first thought it was just colonic spasms from teaching stress and the beginning of spring allergies.
Mostly, 2 bananas and some cherries/blueberries. I've worried if the cherry skins would be an irritant, but I feel the same either way.
I seem to get very gassy in the evenings a couple of hours after supper. Perhaps, because the preds are wearing off by then?
Best to you all!
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