MESALAMINE vs PREDNISONE

***Guide to beating Severe IBS-D in America*** There are a lot of resources/posts on IBS-C on this subreddit, so I wanted to post something for us IBS-D sufferers. Here’s steps I, as a non-physician and very severe IBS-D sufferer, recommend to hopefully manage/eliminate their IBS-D, starting from th

Hi all. I had IBS pretty much since birth. I was constipated consistently from birth through young adulthood. Then I was constipated off and on until about 2 years ago. I developed diarrhea as a frequent symptom. I isolated lactose as the likely culprit and my doctor encouraged me to eliminate all d

Hi everyone! After 3 years dealing with IBS-D and trying all kinds of treatments, I finally decided to share my story. I’m not fluent in English, so please forgive any mistakes. I just really wanted to share everything I’ve been through — maybe it can help someone feel less alone or give some ideas

I have been struggling with IBS-D for about 3 years. It has varied over time but eventually became a daily episode of liquid BM after first coffee or any food. I had to get up at 5:30 to allow time for it all to be done by 7. Nothing helped. I took Mesalamine and eventually daily Imodium, it only h

(sorry that the post is so long and also for any mistakes English isn't me 1st language) Hi I'm 15 I've been in a flare up, stuck in my house for a year now. The entire year almost non stop I've had diarrhea I'm going to the bathroom 5-8 times in the day and I'm waking up 3-6 times at night, the wo

Hey y’all. I’m new to this group and would really appreciate some advice or suggestions. I’m 25 and Ive recently been diagnosed with UC and Gastritis and for the past 7 months one of the biggest symptoms I have is excessive burping. After eating. Before eating when im hungry. After taking a sip of

Throat is very sensitive and raw from acid I have these coughing fits and sometimes I can’t stop coughing. Please please please help me with recommendations of how to soothe my throat and stop the tickle feeling that makes me want to cough. I know menthol could potentially make it worse so I’m tryi

Edit: I deleted the vaping post a while ago because doctors kept judging me for it. I’ve kept screenshots of it, they were moderators telling me NOT to go to the ER making me feel stupid. At eosinophil of 5800. So yeah. I’m not lying about the post I just deleted it because of anxiety before the hos

31F, don’t want to give too much identifying info since there aren’t that many bat rehabilitators in the world. No relevant PMH. I’m normally the one answering questions about rabies, not asking them, but this is more than I know and more than my doctor knows, so I’m hoping this might happen to be s

Hi everyone, 6 year old male. 43 pounds. 45 inches tall. Caucasian. Canada. No allergies. Medical conditions: asthma. Medications: Advair BID, and Ventolin PRN. Was prescribed Prednisone for a possible asthma exacerbation, and recieved one 20mL dose on Wednesday morning then went to school, and caug

I can't embed images here, so I made a pdf with all text, pictures, and labs. [https://www.scribd.com/document/511582218/askdocs-pdf?secret\_password=VqmaLuJA0tGw5bGE5xYp](https://www.scribd.com/document/511582218/askdocs-pdf?secret_password=VqmaLuJA0tGw5bGE5xYp) It will be much easier to read th

Hi everyone (throwaway account here), I need help on how to proceed with a meeting I am going to have with my staff pharmacist who got caught on camera stealing drugs at 5 different instances in the past 3 months. All drugs were non narcotic for personal use such as cochicine, nitrofurantoin, naprox

Yesterday, I had a prescriber send over 12 seperate prednisone rx's trying to do a taper. Today, I had a prescriber writing for the 2.4mg wegovy but to inject 0.5mg. I asked them if they instructed the patient on how to get 0.5mg out of a pen designed to inject 2.4mg and they said "no, why? did the

Before official corona virus news started trickling in, I recall a large number of people coming into the pharmacy for a few months with a terrible cough that wouldn’t go away. For the most part these were regulars I had known for years with no outstanding health problems. Now that I think back we w

Hello. Just got a message from pharmacy about norco for chronic pain in an elderly patient, “alternative requested, please add icd code, is patient seeing pain specialist.” I do appreciate the concern, however in this particular patient I believe it is warranted, (she has tried several other class