Has anyone's kids done the pills? My 14 year old DD has to have a colonoscopy soon. In the past she's always thrown up the Miralax prep and the Citrate one about 3/4 of the way through. So her GI suggested trying Suprep this time, and she has the option to do the liquid or the pills. I'm wondering if the pills would be easier (24 pills split into two doses.) If you have experiences with the liquid version, was your child able to tolerate it? Thank you ..read more

So I am a HLA-DQA1*05 carrier (a gene mutation present in around 30% of Europeans, and quite substantial in the Western world in general) and have read in many recent studies that unless something called "therapeutic drug monitoring" and "proactive drug optimisation" is used, the risk of developing secondary loss of response to anti-TNFs is substantially increased with this allele. I never took a biologic so I am not really clear on what this means, and how I can ask my doctor assurances for... Therapeutic drug monitoring in anti-TNFs ..read more

Hi everyone. So I was diagnosed with Crohn’s in 2007 and started on azathioprine, and then we added Remicade in April of 2014 when I developed a partial obstruction from stenosis in my terminal ileum. My GI hoped it was just inflammation and would respond to the Remicade, but by August I was mostly juicing because I couldn’t pass food through my TI and I ended up in surgery. I had a small bowel resection and three strictureplasties. Since recovering from surgery, and after a little fiddling... So confused after apparent relapse ..read more

I have had 6 bowel movements today and my butt is on fire. 6 in the 3 hours I’ve been up! I started this in March of 2023 and still don’t have a definitive diagnosis! First doctor did all the stuff needed ( stool samples, blood, colonoscopy, radiology, so many meds) and first said lymphatic colitis. 4 months later while it got worse she did an endoscopy and flex sig and changed it to ulcerative colitis. But she also said you are not hitting anything out of the ballpark diagnosis wise! Fed up... No idea ..read more

Summary: In a scientific breakthrough, researchers have revealed the biological mechanisms by which a family of proteins known as histone deacetylases (HDACs) activate immune system cells linked to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other inflammatory diseases. Scientists discover the cellular functions of a family of proteins integral to inflammatory diseases In a scientific breakthrough, researchers have revealed the biological mechanisms by which a family of proteins known as histone deacetylases (HDACs) activate immune system cells linked to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and othe ..read more

Hi everyone. I am Tina and I am new. March of 2023 I started with diarrhea many times a day. I had always been regular up until then. I was having trouble making it to the bathroom. My GI doctor did a colonoscopy and diagnosed me with lymphatic colitis. Many meds, stool samples, bloodwork etc and I didn’t get better. My fecal cal was high. So since I was getting worse ( cramps, body aches, many mucusy diarrhea moments daily) she did an endoscopy and flex sig. she then changes the dx to... Frustrated ..read more

what days Anser ADA test shuld be done after you start Humira? I am littel unclear here. The doctor said originally shuld be before 4th dose, but can be also in my case before 3rd dose because I have trip planned in week 4th. Now she was not clear if that shuld be the day before the Humira shot or if this can be done 2-3 days before the 3rd shot. I called Prometheus and they said the weekends are hard to schedule so then if my daughter 3rd shot fall for Monday there is almost no chance to... what day Anser ADA test shuld be done ..read more

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Just wonder how many of you had to adjust the dosage right after first therapeutic levels checked ..read more

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