My introduction (UC/Crohn's/AIH)

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for the hepatetis it is best that you see dr berkson.he is an expert with liver and works with ALA iv and ldn

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Welcome Caroline, yeast most likely will be a problem w/ a comprimized immune system, Remicade/predisone, both immunosurpressants, neutropenic, I suck up three tablespoons of coconut oil, some red clover oil, a probiotic, CP1, seems to work best for me. Ivory soap enema's, don't ask, and I won't tell. A teaspoon of baking soda twice a day.

Enough diflucan/lamisil to sink the Bismark.

I pray you get w/ LDN/ALA a probiotic quickly afore they start taking out your gut. Thank God you have arrived in time. I have read here of another Crohn's Patient doing well w/ the Specific Carbohydrate Diet and from what I have read about it, it should help control your yeast/candida.

I can't get this outta my head, I saw a short film, filmed through an electron microscope, white blood cells against yeast/candida, and the candida was untouched. The white blood cells were dieing off, like they were poisoned by a gas attack. From that observation, I deducted, we need to do anything and everything to keep yeast in check, else it beats up our immune system, to where it cannot function to protect our body.

Get well, david a

[low dose naltrexone] My introduction (UC/Crohn's/AIH)

Hello all,I'm here to do some digging around to find out if LDN might be something that would work well for me. Here's a short recap of my story...In 1999, I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis at the age of 19. Was in and out of the hospital for a few years (with lots of drugs tried - 6MP, Pentasa, Prednisone, Cyclosporine) , then had a remission kind of for a few years only staying on Pentasa. Had a flare + hospitalization in 2007, then a flare in 2008 where I developed a fistula. At this time, the drs changed my diagnosis to Crohn's (since fistulas are more common with Crohn's than with UC). I went on Remicade and TPN for a few months to give the fistula a chance to heal. Then I developed autoimmune hepatitis (but they can't rule out drug-induced AIH). I had AST/ALT in the 500 range and they confirmed diagnosis w/ a biopsy. I started with Prednisone 30 mg/day in Nov 2009, and have tapered slowly to 3 mg/day as my LFTs stay in the normal range. However, over the last 1.5 months my AST and ALT numbers have been creeping up to twice the upper limit. The hepatologist has bumped me to 5 mg/day but the numbers have continued upward. Last week they showed:Alkaline phosphatase = 45 (range 33-115)AST = 71 (range 10-30)ALT = 93 (range 6-40)I've read a lot about LDN and I know that it would be helpful for my indeterminate UC/Crohn's. I also started the Specific Carbohydrate Diet on 1/7/10 which is also good. My end goal is to get off the Remicade because of the horrible side effects and what its probably doing to my liver.My problem NOW though is the Autoimmune Hepatitis. I feel that I cannot do the Prednisone any longer, with the crazy side effects and my steroid-induced osteopenia. I know they will try to increase me to a high dose again, and it took me more than a year to get as low as I am now. He is also suggesting a second liver biopsy to see if the disease is progressing, and CellCept if the Prednisone no longer works. I've tried 6MP in the past for the UC but it was toxic to my liver. Also tried azathioprine but it spiked my LFTs. I don't want to be on anymore of these scary drugs!Has anyone used LDN for AIH? How did you do with it?Will the Remicade or low-dose Prednisone make the LDN not work? From what I've read, I'm okay with the low-dose Prednisone but I should wait until 50 days from my last Remicade infusion before starting LDN.Also, am wondering about candida because I read that it interferes with the LDN. Is there a blood test I can ask my doctor for, to be sure?Are there any other tests I should ask for before I try LDN?Thanks for any help you can provide!Caroline