It can be easy to forget to take your medicines when you feel good. Or you might think it’s OK to skip them because you feel fine. But you need to stick with the plan your doctor prescribed to keep up those benefits.
Many people with UC stay on low doses of drugs such as 5-ASAs, which ease inflammation in the colon, or meds such as 6-MP, azathioprine, and methotrexate, which turn down an overactive immune system.