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BUDESONIDE ER


Thu, March 12, 2020 7:51 PM

Has any one taken this drug right after ending Prednisone? Been in a ulcerated colitis flare since beginning of January. Prednisone slowed down the number of BM a day but not the rectal bleeding. Now even while I was on Prednisone urgency has now happened. So he changed me to Budesonide Er staring tomorrow. Please someone tell me this drug isn't as bad as Prednisone. It's made me an emotional wreck. If any of you have used this med did it work and how long before bleeding stopped and urgency? Thanks Tara

FPO Fulltimer
Joined Mar 9, 2020

Sun, March 29, 2020 8:18 PM

Reply posted for Fulltimer.

I hope this helps a little bit. My doctor kind of did the opposite of what your doctor is doing. I have had Crohn's disease in the past but now it's some form of colitis and I too have been having a flare up since January and similar symptoms as you. (First one in a few years) My doctor put me on Budesonide for a little over a month and for me, it wasn't working at all. My body for some reason didn't respond to it. Unfortunately my body only seems to respond to prednisone so that's what I'm on now. When I was on Budesonide, my doctor explained that very little of it actually goes into your blood stream when compared to prednisone. She explained that the Budesonide essentially coats the colon and somehow directly goes to it whereas prednisone is the whole body. If you look it up, it does look like Budesonide has a lot less side effects. When I was on it for a month I didn't notice anything weird or abnormal.

Hope this helps! 

FPO Cspree
Joined Mar 29, 2020

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