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Any Suggestions
by Phabcat, Feb 23, 2002 12:00AM
I was diagnosed with ulcertive colitis when I was 16 years old. I am 21 years old now and I still see myself going through the same cycle of flare ups and reoccurances each year. I am trying desperately to beat this. But it seems to be no hope. I have been on and off prednisone since I was first diagnosed. And I have been taking Asacol since I was diagnosed three times a day. Being a child, I was can of ignorant to the fact of the side effects. But now that I have reached adulthood, I do indeed notice them. I read here that a man with this same disorder stoped taking the medication and began drinking Aloe Vera Juice and taking Acidophilus. I am wondering will this work for me? I am will to try just about anything, because this disease has been effecting my way of life for too long! So if anyone has any suggestions, or anything that I show do, please don't hestitate to respond. Thank You.
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If I might ask you a questions....Have you suffered with nausea during a flare up? Is there anything you have found to help[ control this without causing constipation? BIKER
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http://www-east.elsevier.com/ajg/issues/9511/ajg3277edi.htm
NICOTINE USE IN ULCERATIVE COLITIS
The mechanism of action of nicotine in ulcerative colitis is unknown, and nicotine could not be grouped with the anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressive medications previously mentioned. It has been observed that ulcerative colitis is predominantly a disease of nonsmokers, and there are anecdotal reports of ulcerative colitis flaring with cessation of smoking or improving with resumption of smoking. Subsequently, nicotine has been investigated for possible therapeutic effect in ulcerative colitis. Both an open trial of nicotine patches133 and a randomized crossover trial of nicotine chewing gum134 showed favorable effects for patients with active disease. A recent blinded, randomized, controlled trial showed a significant improvement in clinical remission rates, occurring in 47% of patients treated with nicotine but only 25% of those given placebo.135 Nicotine patches were found to be ineffective in a placebo-controlled trial studying their role for maintaining remission in ulcerative colitis.136 The role of nicotine in the treatment of ulcerative colitis remains unclear.