ik ben naar spanje verhuisd in het zuiden het voedsel en klimaat hebben er voor gezorgt dat ik maar 4x per jaar nu een cortnison injectie van 40 ml krijg ben allergisch voor allle medicatie eet vis kip groente vers fruit af en toe pasta en rijst gaat super goed ben 61

I had had GI issues for almost 20 years, was told it was IBS. RA for 2 years now. This past month I have been having crazy stomach issues. I'm starting to think it may e Crohns or Ulcerative colitis. I feel your pain.

I have RA and Crohn's as well. I have been on Remicade infusions @ 4 weeks and weekly MTX injections (sub Q) since 2016. They both work on Crohn's as well as RA. Both my RA and GI docs plus my Pulmonologist and Oncologist and have looked for a better combination solution and found none. These medications and disease affect a lot and have side effects. . Both diseases are reasonably well controlled.

I have NHL as well but it is inactive. If I have a NHL flare, Rituxan infusion is the remedy and it will control RA but not Crohn's. So I face a dilemma if the NHL flares. I have access to a NHL specialist at Moffitt Cancer Center if needed.

I developed some antibodies to the Remicade in 2021 and they tried me on Rituxan once and it was a bad reaction. Created lung issues and I ended up in the hospital for a week so Rituxan is out.

For short term or emergency flares, I keep Prednisone tablets on hand. A short taper of 40mg-30mg-20mg-10mg each day for 4 days usually gets me relief short term. If the flare continues I stay on the 10mg per day for a few more days.

Discuss this with your doctors! They can give you specific dosages. Long term continuous use of prednisone is problematic.