i've had crohns' disease for 50 years. in those days the treatment for chrohns' was primitive. it was first diagnosed in 1942 the year i was borrn. i was in 2nd year medicine at the time & had to take a couple of years out before i could gat back. it was thought to be ulcerative colitis at the time & it was 12 years before we found that the small bowel was affected as well & i required at the time to have 6 ft. of my small bowel removed (no fun). now i can tell you that over the couinter drugs are useless in treating a flare-up. you need an anti-inflammatopry such as prednisone to battle the flare-up. anything less is useless. i advise you to go to your doctor & get a prescritption for prednisone. you start at 8 (5mg. ) tablets the first day. the next day take 7 then 6 etc. you'll probably find that the flare-up will be over in 4 or 5 days & you won't even finish the prescrption. one must be careful with drugs like prednisone; they are steroids & must be used with care. btw i once talked to dr. crohn in a conference call. he was 92 & living in connecticut.
my daughter has crohn's disease. can she take ibuprofen?