Nicotine and colitis/chrohns remission

[Racehorse]

I did not know that nicotine therapy was acutally being used to help these conditions!

update on nicotine (e-cig) induced remission - Ulcerative Colitis - HealingWell.com Forum

http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38&m=2123672

 

[Z_Ghost]

It has been known to help Colitis for a long time.
Chron's is different and smoking cigs can cause someone with Chron's to flair really bad at times.

if they look at ppl who smoke and have crohn, the ones who smoke have more surgeries and a worse disease, but they are not sure if it is related, since some tests show a really small link

In UC the opposite has been shown, smoking improves UC, cause nicotine promotes tight junctions in the intestine (connections between cells) which improves the intestine by reducing permeability

Good read if you have Chron's and smoke.
Impact of smoking - Crohn's Disease Forum - Support group and forum for Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, and other IBD
I'm on Humira right now and it is working but the last week (been off cigs for 17 days now) I have really started to feel a lot better.
My GI doc was glad I quit and I even told him about vaping.
I do plan to lower my nic level over the next year.

I started having a lot of problems with Chron's back in 2005.

 

[Racehorse]

Thanks Z, I will read the link you sent me. I do not have Chron's or anything, I was just doing medical research.....I'm glad to hear Humira is working for you though. is that what they term a "biological" drug or whatever that terminology is now?

 

[Sideshow Glazz]

Great topic Racehorse for those of us with IBD or just in general.

I haven't told my GI about my vaping yet, but with Crohn's he said smoking was about the worst thing you could do. Maybe it's the 4000 chemicals in cigarettes that increase inflammation?

I wish for me I could say vaping made a huge difference with my Crohn's but I have pretty much been in remission for years with 6-mp so while I feel better in general not sure if it helped a ton.

But if any smokers read this it's definitely worth a shot to vape exclusively and give up the stinkies for your lungs and your IBD.

 

[Z_Ghost]

Thanks Z, I will read the link you sent me. I do not have Chron's or anything, I was just doing medical research.....I'm glad to hear Humira is working for you though. is that what they term a "biological" drug or whatever that terminology is now?

Humira is a biological, it is a TNF blocker.
HUMIRA (adalimumab)
Glad to hear you do not have Chron's, it's not a nice thing to have.