Flagyl is also an antiparasitic. Please let us know how Alinia works for you!

Wow, definitely did not know that!  Ok, then hopefully it works just as well :-)

Thanks!

I recall one member, at least, that was on it, but I do not know how effective it was.

Jan

Update on Alinia.  Well, it's mostly doing what it needs to be doing.  Doesn't work as well as Flagyl for me, but something I think I can use in rotation.  The label says that there aren't really side effects with this medicine, but I am experiencing two of them.  One being sleepiness and the other being nausea.  Word of caution, only take with a full meal...not a light snack or right before bed.  Otherwise, I pretty much feel like vomiting all day.  They do put that in big bold letters on the bottle...take after food.  

So, we'll see how it goes!  I'm sort of hoping that my bloodwork will come back with low iron or something, explaining the tingling, so I can go back to my Flagyl.

Got the last of my blood tests back.  Everything was normal til this one.  Just curious, do people people UC get positive ANA results?  The titer is kind of on the border so I'm interested to see what my doc has to say.   I really don't need to add Lupus to this mix!

Or, which I didn't really consider...is this another indicator building a case for Crohn's disease.  I've already been "confirmed" once, then that label removed after biopsy results.

A positive ANA doesn't really suggest Crohn's, and it can often mean nothing. There's a nice Wikipedia article on it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-nuclear_antibody

One quote: "A positive ANA test is seldom useful if other clinical or laboratory data supporting a diagnosis are not present." Another quote: "ANAs are found in many disorders, as well as some healthy individuals. These disorders include: systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren's syndrome, scleroderma, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, primary biliary cirrhosis, drug induced lupus, autoimmune hepatitis, multiple sclerosis, discoid lupus, thyroid disease, antiphospholipid syndrome, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, juvenile dermatomyositis, idiopathic thrombocytopaenic purpura, infection and cancer. These antibodies can be subdivided according to their specificity, and each subset has different propensities for specific disorders."

So there are different subtypes of ANA, which are associated with different conditions, but ANA alone doesn't confirm a diagnosis. Why was the ANA ordered?

Thanks Scott....that's pretty much what I read online too.  My doc ordered it since I was having tingling in my toes and fingers.  Could have been medicine related or totally nothing, but he ordered a full panel of stuff.  I'm still waiting to hear back from him.  

I mentioned the Lupus because my grandma had it and I mentioned Crohn's, because I've had docs going back on forth UC vs. Crohn's for a while.  After my adhesion surgery when they got to look at everything inside, the surgeon said there was no evidence of Crohn's so I'm hoping that's still the case!

FYI...doc isn't concerned at this point since I'm having no symptoms.  He said to come back for another blood test in 2 months for a more comprehensive panel.

Sounds like a good plan to me!

Jan