How insistent is your daughter's doctor that she go on this medicine? Does she or he also believe in dietary and natural solutions? Is her current flare-up something that is being controlled by steroids or another medication? Was the recommendation for Remecaid to be temporary or ongoing? And did the doctor address the side effects with your daughter? Because clearly the doctor believes that in your daughter's case, the benefits of the medicine must outweigh the risk. I'm interested in what your doctor told your daughter about the risks.
In the meantime, since there were references to diet above, I wanted to provide you with a couple links you could check out. Here's a link to "The Specific Carbohydrate Diet:"
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Anon,
How insistent is your daughter's doctor that she go on this medicine? Does she or he also believe in dietary and natural solutions? Is her current flare-up something that is being controlled by steroids or another medication? Was the recommendation for Remecaid to be temporary or ongoing? And did the doctor address the side effects with your daughter? Because clearly the doctor believes that in your daughter's case, the benefits of the medicine must outweigh the risk. I'm interested in what your doctor told your daughter about the risks.
In the meantime, since there were references to diet above, I wanted to provide you with a couple links you could check out. Here's a link to "The Specific Carbohydrate Diet:"
http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/
Here are the Mayo Clinic's recommendations:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/ulcerative-colitis/DS00598/DSECTION=lifestyle-and-home-remedies
And here are a couple of diet-related pages:
http://colitis.emedtv.com/ulcerative-colitis/ulcerative-colitis-diet.html
http://www.naturesintentionsnaturopathy.com/ulcerative-colitis.htm
Is any of this helpful? Please write back and update us on your daughter's condition and treatment.
May 20, 2009 - 9:18amThis Comment
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