Budesonide for Ulcerative Colitis User Reviews (Page 2)
Brand names: Pulmicort Flexhaler, Eohilia, Entocort EC, Pulmicort Respules, Uceris Tarpeyo
Reviews for Budesonide
- Ano...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- July 7, 2025
"I had UC since I was a child. Now I'm in my 60s, and no flares for many, many years. I was able to get off Uceris and did a taper with budesonide, which has made me sick: nausea, extremely tired, body aches, stomach problems."
- Ano...
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- June 16, 2025
"I developed frequent periods of diarrhea with loss of appetite and weakness. This was not preceded by any other illness. I have a history of RA of 20 years duration, taking many medications to control it. Saw a GI doctor, and he did an upper/lower endoscopy. His findings included mild damage to the colon. At this time, he ordered budesonide. The dosage was initially more than 6 tabs per day, which I tapered down since then (about 14 months) and now take 1 tab per day. I have developed chronic rhinitis with some periodic nosebleeds. I have had no diarrhea since being on the medication. The rhinitis is getting worse, though. I’m thinking of calling my GI doc to switch to another medication with fewer side effects."
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- Lau...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- October 11, 2018
Budesonide "No. I will never take this again. It has caused nausea, stomach pain, fatigue, broken sleep, and whatever else wasn’t already bad enough with my flare."
- Mic...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- March 24, 2020
"2 weeks on budesonide for UC and absolutely no progress."
- dee...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- November 26, 2016
Budesonide "Lessened my trips to the bathroom, but increased stomach pain. Palpitations and increased acne also. Stopped after 2 weeks on it."
- Anonymous
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- September 4, 2023
Budesonide "Uceris has worked well for me, keeping the inflammation down. It has shown bruising on my forearms."
- Dud...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- October 17, 2021
Budesonide "Tried this twice for flares prior to Prednisone while on Lialda as my main med. Didn't work for me at all. If anything, it made flares worse. Only Prednisone helped clear the flares."
- Jwi...
- March 3, 2016
Budesonide "Only took 2 days' worth of budesonide due to the onset of an excruciating headache, nausea, vomiting."
- Kit...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- January 21, 2021
"I took budesonide for about a month and was dizzy, had headaches, it didn't do much for diarrhea."
- Ano...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- July 30, 2025
"I have been on this for 4 weeks and have seen no UC improvement, so very disappointing. Prednisone worked much faster, but I do not want to go back to it."
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"My ulcerative colitis has been controlled using budesonide for the last nine months. The major downside has been the 45 pounds of weight gain that has occurred during this time. I was not aware that this could happen."