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forum contributor · 06-17-2009, 02:11 PM

Has anyone used suppositories?
My dr. called them into the pharm for me (I haven't picked them up yet)...
How have other people done with them?

Agent X20 · 06-17-2009, 02:18 PM

Not actually used suppositories, but I have used stuff called "coli-foam", a bit like one of those whipped cream cans where you "apply the applicator" and fill yourself with a steroid-based foam. I got it when I was passing an alarming amount of blood for a number of days, and it worked very well. Due to a mistake at the pharmacists, I've still got about 150 years supply of the stuff stacked up

Applying the stuff is painless and slightly uncomfortable... it's also totally undignified.... but since when have crohnies had any dignity?

forum contributor · 06-17-2009, 02:42 PM

I don't think I ever had my dignity to begin with.
Years ago, before I was even diagnosed, I had to use them for nausea. But that was... high school? College? I'm 28 now.
I don't even remember if they worked.
If you don't mind me asking, is the coli-foam like... you put the nozzle thing up there and just... squeeze? That sounds awfully uncomfortable.

My Butt Hurts · 06-17-2009, 03:47 PM

I've never had suppositories, but I used corti-foam and it was easy to apply. It wasn't uncomfortable or anything, just spray like aerosol whipped cream into the applicator, just goes in your butt a teeny bit, and push the applicator.
I also was supposed to use mesalamine rectal enemas, but they never stayed where they were supposed to stay - meaning I would immediately "go". They were painful to insert at the time, not sure why the insertion was different for the two, but the foam stayed there better cuz it was so light.

forum contributor · 06-17-2009, 03:53 PM

Enemas completely freak me out - anyone see Obsessed last week??

kello82 · 06-17-2009, 04:14 PM

butt rockets lol!!
i thought they looked like shells. like as in bang bang from a gun, not sea creature.

YES i had to use the stupid things when i was little. honestly, it wasnt too bad. i found them MUCH easier than the mesalamine enemas. like MBH said, those hurt and the liquid wouldnt stay put. i never could hold those in either.
but, with the suppository, it stays lower down...the enemas would squirt up really high. and it wasnt too bad to insert either. i just used a little bit of ky jelly to help.
they melt pretty quickly so its not like you have this chuck of stuff in your butt for a very long time.

*sigh* the joys of having unnatural things in your poo chute.

Cookie · 06-17-2009, 04:26 PM

I have Crohn's in my rectum. I have used Canasa suppositories (the suppository form of Asacol). I would use them immediately before bed, otherwise, I had trouble keeping them in. They also left an awful greasy mess in the toilet the next morning. All in all, not too happy with them. They were prescribed by a new GI and when I went back to my old GI, he didn't think they were the appropriate treatment for my case. I was more than happy to hear this news.

I also had some prescribed by a surgeon that were some special concoction made by the pharmacist at the hospital. I couldn't even get them to stay in, even when i went straight to bed. I just quit using them on my own.

Also, in my experience, they are very expensive, even with insurance.

Good luck!

Agent X20 · 06-17-2009, 06:04 PM

Coli-foam and MBH's Corti-foam sound like the same thing. You do just "insert" it and press the button. There must be some way of measuring the dose, otherwise the stuff would come out of your ears... but I can't remember how that happens.

prettykitty · 06-17-2009, 09:46 PM

I was prescribed cortisone suppositories a few years ago (way before my Chron's dx) for an internal thrombosing hemmorhoid. (In retrospect, I wonder whether this may have been an early symptom of CD....). Anyhoo... they're not the most comfortable to insert, but if you keep them in the fridge and then rub vaseline on the tip before you insert, they're easier to put in. I agree that you want to put them in right before bed. Another tip -- cover your finger with a finger-cot, and put vaseline on the finger-cot, too. Like with Shady, they also made my poo really greasy. But they did wonders for the hemorrhoid!

big.RHONDA · 06-18-2009, 06:11 AM

the thought of squirting an aerosol can of foam up my butt does not sound appealing....
then again i'm picturing it EXACTLY like a whip cream can.... star-tipped nozzle and all!

Agent X20 · 06-18-2009, 07:25 AM

If you get the choice, avoid the star tip nozzle!

D Bergy · 06-18-2009, 12:10 PM

Ouch!

danman · 06-18-2009, 12:16 PM

forum contributor · 06-18-2009, 06:27 PM

Dan - you kill me

danman · 06-19-2009, 01:23 PM

I aim to please....

forum contributor · 06-19-2009, 06:19 PM

Ok, I've "blasted off" twice now. After the first one, I was in pain all night and then woke up at 5am with cramps, gas, and diarrhea. It lasted most of the morning. Fun. Then after the second one, I woke up fine..... ??

kello82 · 06-20-2009, 05:42 AM

are you sure the pain and cramping was caused by the rocket ship being in there?
maybe you wouldve had a crappy night anyways.
glad the second one was pain free though!
are they as bad as yu thought?

forum contributor · 06-20-2009, 11:53 PM

Hey Kello

Nope, definitely not sure they were caused by the rocket ships LOL
It's absolutely probable that I could've/would've had a crappy night anyway.
The third night went well like the second one. My doctor had given me 6 samples and the last 2 went great, so I picked my Rx up today.
No, not as bad as I thought (feared)... some Vaseline and good to go!

kello82 · 06-21-2009, 12:12 AM

wohoo!
glad that you are having a successful blast off!
LMAO

Procyon · 06-21-2009, 12:31 AM

LOL, butt rockets. I take Tylenol suppositories if I ever have a bad fever, but I'm liable to barf up pills. Just slip right up. And I took the pentasa enemas, but they didn't do crap for me. Glad to hear that you're blasting off fine tho!

forum contributor · 06-21-2009, 01:30 AM

Thanks, guys

forum contributor · 06-23-2009, 09:24 PM

I'm getting headaches on these butt blasters. Guess the next step is Humira

BWS1982 · 06-23-2009, 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Santos61198

I'm getting headaches on these butt blasters. Guess the next step is Humira

They don't go in your ears.

kello82 · 06-24-2009, 12:19 AM

^hahahaha!

are headaches a possible side effect santos?

forum contributor · 06-24-2009, 02:57 AM

LMAO @ BWS.... I know that! I just was looking for some excitem--- NO wait, I mean, I KNOW THAT!!!

Kello ~ Yeah, it's the first side effect listed. However, my GI just emailed me back and said that I'm on the same medicine orally (Lialda <mesalamine>), so if anything, it should have given me headaches when I began that at least 6 months ago, if at all.
(That's right, I have email access to my GI... anyone jealous?)

forum contributor · 06-24-2009, 03:04 AM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Guess what this chick just realized?
We've been calling the suppositories "butt rockets," and saying I'm "blasting off"... well, the med is called Canasa... and NASA is in the name... tee hee!!
caNASA... developed by butt rocket scientists

Lisa5326 · 06-24-2009, 04:53 AM

Totally jealous! Although I haven't nailed one I like down yet...I'll wait to be jealous.

Haha on the nasa butt rockets, rightly named I'd say!

kello82 · 06-24-2009, 12:19 PM

lol i had email access to one of my docs when i was in peds.
*sigh* it was wonderful. so nice to avoid the, erm, cranky receptionists.

forum contributor · 06-24-2009, 03:48 PM

Yeah... they can be crabby. Ugh.

forum contributor · 06-25-2009, 12:08 AM

I hope you get to... nail... your GI, Lisa...?
LOL I just don't even know how to phrase my response!

06-17-2009, 02:11 PM	#1
forum contributor Captain Obvious Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,687	Butt rockets Has anyone used suppositories? My dr. called them into the pharm for me (I haven't picked them up yet)... How have other people done with them?

06-17-2009, 02:18 PM	#2
Agent X20 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: West Yorkshire, UK Posts: 1,292	Not actually used suppositories, but I have used stuff called "coli-foam", a bit like one of those whipped cream cans where you "apply the applicator" and fill yourself with a steroid-based foam. I got it when I was passing an alarming amount of blood for a number of days, and it worked very well. Due to a mistake at the pharmacists, I've still got about 150 years supply of the stuff stacked up Applying the stuff is painless and slightly uncomfortable... it's also totally undignified.... but since when have crohnies had any dignity? __________________ Steve J

06-17-2009, 06:04 PM	#8
Agent X20 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: West Yorkshire, UK Posts: 1,292	Coli-foam and MBH's Corti-foam sound like the same thing. You do just "insert" it and press the button. There must be some way of measuring the dose, otherwise the stuff would come out of your ears... but I can't remember how that happens. __________________ Steve J

06-17-2009, 09:46 PM	#9
prettykitty Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Atlanta Posts: 49	I was prescribed cortisone suppositories a few years ago (way before my Chron's dx) for an internal thrombosing hemmorhoid. (In retrospect, I wonder whether this may have been an early symptom of CD....). Anyhoo... they're not the most comfortable to insert, but if you keep them in the fridge and then rub vaseline on the tip before you insert, they're easier to put in. I agree that you want to put them in right before bed. Another tip -- cover your finger with a finger-cot, and put vaseline on the finger-cot, too. Like with Shady, they also made my poo really greasy. But they did wonders for the hemorrhoid! Last edited by prettykitty; 06-17-2009 at 09:49 PM.

06-18-2009, 07:25 AM	#11
Agent X20 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: West Yorkshire, UK Posts: 1,292	If you get the choice, avoid the star tip nozzle! __________________ Steve J

06-17-2009, 02:42 PM	#3
forum contributor Captain Obvious Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,687	I don't think I ever had my dignity to begin with. Years ago, before I was even diagnosed, I had to use them for nausea. But that was... high school? College? I'm 28 now. I don't even remember if they worked. If you don't mind me asking, is the coli-foam like... you put the nozzle thing up there and just... squeeze? That sounds awfully uncomfortable.

06-17-2009, 03:47 PM	#4
My Butt Hurts Squeals-a-lot! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 3,854	I've never had suppositories, but I used corti-foam and it was easy to apply. It wasn't uncomfortable or anything, just spray like aerosol whipped cream into the applicator, just goes in your butt a teeny bit, and push the applicator. I also was supposed to use mesalamine rectal enemas, but they never stayed where they were supposed to stay - meaning I would immediately "go". They were painful to insert at the time, not sure why the insertion was different for the two, but the foam stayed there better cuz it was so light.

06-17-2009, 03:53 PM	#5
forum contributor Captain Obvious Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,687	Enemas completely freak me out - anyone see Obsessed last week??

06-17-2009, 04:14 PM	#6
kello82 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,567	butt rockets lol!! i thought they looked like shells. like as in bang bang from a gun, not sea creature. YES i had to use the stupid things when i was little. honestly, it wasnt too bad. i found them MUCH easier than the mesalamine enemas. like MBH said, those hurt and the liquid wouldnt stay put. i never could hold those in either. but, with the suppository, it stays lower down...the enemas would squirt up really high. and it wasnt too bad to insert either. i just used a little bit of ky jelly to help. they melt pretty quickly so its not like you have this chuck of stuff in your butt for a very long time. sigh the joys of having unnatural things in your poo chute.

06-17-2009, 04:26 PM	#7
Cookie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 543	I have Crohn's in my rectum. I have used Canasa suppositories (the suppository form of Asacol). I would use them immediately before bed, otherwise, I had trouble keeping them in. They also left an awful greasy mess in the toilet the next morning. All in all, not too happy with them. They were prescribed by a new GI and when I went back to my old GI, he didn't think they were the appropriate treatment for my case. I was more than happy to hear this news. I also had some prescribed by a surgeon that were some special concoction made by the pharmacist at the hospital. I couldn't even get them to stay in, even when i went straight to bed. I just quit using them on my own. Also, in my experience, they are very expensive, even with insurance. Good luck!

06-18-2009, 06:11 AM	#10
big.RHONDA New Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 21	the thought of squirting an aerosol can of foam up my butt does not sound appealing.... then again i'm picturing it EXACTLY like a whip cream can.... star-tipped nozzle and all!

06-18-2009, 12:10 PM	#12
D Bergy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Minnesota USA Posts: 2,364	Ouch!

06-18-2009, 12:16 PM	#13
danman Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ireland Posts: 963

06-18-2009, 06:27 PM	#14
forum contributor Captain Obvious Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,687	Dan - you kill me

06-19-2009, 01:23 PM	#15
danman Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ireland Posts: 963	I aim to please....

06-19-2009, 06:19 PM	#16
forum contributor Captain Obvious Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,687	Ok, I've "blasted off" twice now. After the first one, I was in pain all night and then woke up at 5am with cramps, gas, and diarrhea. It lasted most of the morning. Fun. Then after the second one, I woke up fine..... ??

06-20-2009, 05:42 AM	#17
kello82 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,567	are you sure the pain and cramping was caused by the rocket ship being in there? maybe you wouldve had a crappy night anyways. glad the second one was pain free though! are they as bad as yu thought?

06-20-2009, 11:53 PM	#18
forum contributor Captain Obvious Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,687	Hey Kello Nope, definitely not sure they were caused by the rocket ships LOL It's absolutely probable that I could've/would've had a crappy night anyway. The third night went well like the second one. My doctor had given me 6 samples and the last 2 went great, so I picked my Rx up today. No, not as bad as I thought (feared)... some Vaseline and good to go!

06-21-2009, 12:12 AM	#19
kello82 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,567	wohoo! glad that you are having a successful blast off! LMAO

06-21-2009, 12:31 AM	#20
Procyon Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: CT, USA Posts: 344	LOL, butt rockets. I take Tylenol suppositories if I ever have a bad fever, but I'm liable to barf up pills. Just slip right up. And I took the pentasa enemas, but they didn't do crap for me. Glad to hear that you're blasting off fine tho!

06-21-2009, 01:30 AM	#21
forum contributor Captain Obvious Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,687	Thanks, guys

06-23-2009, 09:24 PM	#22
forum contributor Captain Obvious Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,687	I'm getting headaches on these butt blasters. Guess the next step is Humira

06-24-2009, 12:19 AM	#24
kello82 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,567	^hahahaha! are headaches a possible side effect santos?

06-24-2009, 02:57 AM	#25
forum contributor Captain Obvious Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,687	LMAO @ BWS.... I know that! I just was looking for some excitem--- NO wait, I mean, I KNOW THAT!!! Kello ~ Yeah, it's the first side effect listed. However, my GI just emailed me back and said that I'm on the same medicine orally (Lialda <mesalamine>), so if anything, it should have given me headaches when I began that at least 6 months ago, if at all. (That's right, I have email access to my GI... anyone jealous?)

06-24-2009, 03:04 AM	#26
forum contributor Captain Obvious Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,687	HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Guess what this chick just realized? We've been calling the suppositories "butt rockets," and saying I'm "blasting off"... well, the med is called Canasa... and NASA is in the name... tee hee!! caNASA... developed by butt rocket scientists

06-24-2009, 04:53 AM	#27
Lisa5326 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 322	Totally jealous! Although I haven't nailed one I like down yet...I'll wait to be jealous. Haha on the nasa butt rockets, rightly named I'd say!

06-24-2009, 12:19 PM	#28
kello82 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,567	lol i had email access to one of my docs when i was in peds. sigh it was wonderful. so nice to avoid the, erm, cranky receptionists.

06-24-2009, 03:48 PM	#29
forum contributor Captain Obvious Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,687	Yeah... they can be crabby. Ugh.

06-25-2009, 12:08 AM	#30
forum contributor Captain Obvious Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,687	I hope you get to... nail... your GI, Lisa...? LOL I just don't even know how to phrase my response!