Decision about meds, was Re: dccc/yeast

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Hi everyone,

I have been eating hardly any carbs at all for the past several days to try to

get my UC under control again. I guess I've been continuously bleeding since

June minus the time I was on mesalamine before I had an allergic reaction to it.

I seem to be prednisone dependent - got symptoms back at 5mg, went back up to

10mg but I'm afraid to go any higher again due to yeast (and side effects). I

have had a coated white tongue since starting prednisone. Cutting out carbs

helps, but leaves me drained, plus I've been losing about a pound a day for the

last week or two. So I can't keep it up!

I also tried raw garlic, which I think totally screwed things up because I got a

lot more pain and new D after that. Lemon juice seems to be the same. I was on

clotrimazole for thrush, but I read that taking anti-yeast meds can be very

harsh, and I want to heal up more before bringing in the big guns. Not sure if

this is counterproductive since yeasts could be causing the issues that I am

waiting to heal from. People have suggested nystatin too, but I may have had a

reaction to that in the past.

My concern is that the yeasts are contributing to the UC. If they are, it seems

counterproductive to stay on the prednisone, but I don't want to go further into

flare. My gastroenterologist wants me to go onto Azathioprone. My naturopath

wants me to go onto LDN, and possibly start taking more gut healing supplements.

At this point, I just want to feel better and stop losing weight. My inflamation

markers were within normal range with my last blood test, even though I was

still bleeding, and my gastroenterologist thinks I might have IBS as well as

IBD. I think inflamation and pain perception/stress has a lot to do with it

because around my period or if I am stressed, things get WAY worse - more blood,

more pain, painful to stand up, sit, or walk, and back spasms.

I have also cut out all dairy including yogurt since I think it may have caused

issues before when I went too fast. I'm taking a probiotic though and eating it

with butter/fats so that it makes it further into the gut.

I'm continuing to research the drugs and I'll have to make a decision soon. I

know this is not a forum for conversations about drugs, and people have already

given me some good things to think about. I was just curious what anyone might

think given their knowledge base (as we are all required to become quite

knowledgeable about IBS/IBD through this experience!), and my situation.

Thanks all,

Kat

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UC since June 09

SCD since Feb 10

Prednisone 10mg, acyclovir, probiotics, limited supplements

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> I have also been having Candida issues -- skin rashes, white tongue. All this

began after I started on SCD, probably because there's an imbalance in the

flora.

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> I am wondering if there's enough evidence to show that Candida overgrowth can

exacerbate colitis?

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> I do research for a living, and I have a Candida biologist that I collaborate

with -- he seems to think that people associate with Candida, the things they

can't find an answer to.

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> I think researchers are still debating this issue, but anecdotal evidence seem

to point to Candida's role in colitis.

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> -Andy

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