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microscopic colitis, budesonide, lower abdominal pain
Digestive Health | Last Active: Jul 23 6:07pm | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
Three years ago I was having multiple episodes of diarrhea DAILY for days on end. Had colonoscopy and biopsy revealed collagenous colitis. I was prescribed Budesonide for 3 months. Within a week my condition settled down and things were pretty normal for a few weeks. While still taking Bud... I began having constipation and very firm BM's. Currently I'm getting into the situation of more often constipation and the firm BM's. I saw my GI doc Wed and he wants me to go on Budesonide for a month. That's confusing to me. Can this medication be used for both diarrhea AND constipation? Has anyone else experienced this situation? Thanks.
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Dear fdixon,
I am sorry your problems are continuing. Two years ago, I had multiple episodes of diarrhea every day and had a colonoscopy which revealed microscopic colitis. I was prescribed Budesonide 3 mg daily (forever, I guess) and as it worked so well, I am still taking it now.
You do not specify what your Budesonide dosage was. Why was it stopped after 3 months? Was it because of the constipation? Were you on a high Budesonide dose?
The WEIRD THING thing that has worked for me is: I take 3 mg Budesonide every morning, and I also take 1 Docusate sodium 100 mg softgel every morning too. This seems to balance out the diarrhea and constipation problem as they are opposites. I am not recommending this, just telling you that it works for me!
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I haven’t experienced the same symptoms as you but had to he same diagnosis& was n the same medication. All I can say about Budesonide is that it can worsen your symptoms. I think you should tell your doc that your confused and have him or her explain their reasoning, bc that sounds strange to me too.