Colitis from Opdivo
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Colitis from Opdivo

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    • August 21, 2018 at 12:31 pm
    jasonandmarsha4
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    Hi everyone!  I was dianosed with Melanoma stage 3B.  I am currently doing Opdivo treatments, which I started in February.  At the end of June, I developed colitis from the Opdivo.  My doctor stopped my treatments at that point and put me on prednisone.  He says the colitis was grade 3.  I really want to continue with my treatments, but I have to completely recover from the colitis first.  Has anyone else developed colitis from their immuno-therapy treatments?  How long did it take you to fully recover from the colitis?  Were you able to re-start treatments?  Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated!  Thank you!

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      • August 21, 2018 at 6:45 pm
      tedtell1
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      I was diagnosed stage IV in February, did opdivo February through May and also developed colitis. We stopped treatment at that point as onco feels I got what a needed from the opdivo at this point, I am NED right now but we will revisit if any scans come back with new tumors. My last belly scan showed that after wayyyyyyyy toooo much prednisone my colitis is pretty much gone (two months I guess). I also did a couple of courses of Remicade which seemed to have helped it along the way. But no, my understanding is they will not let you continue until the colitis is gone as contuing on can make the colitis much worse. 

      Hope this helps,

      Ted

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