Self-management plans
- UC Proctitis – plan for managing flare
- UC Extensive/Pan-colitis – plan for managing flare
- UC Distal (left-sided) colitis – plan for managing flare
- Crohn’s Disease obstructive episode
Understanding Crohn’s and Colitis’
- Understanding Crohn’s and Colitis (crohnsandcolitis.org.uk)
- Medical terms explained (crohnsandcolitis.org.uk)
- Fatigue/tiredness & IBD (crohnsandcolitis.org.uk)
- Mental health and wellbeing and IBD (crohnsandcolitis.org.uk)
- Smoking and IBD (crohnsandcolitis.org.uk)
- Pregnancy/breastfeeding and IBD (crohnsandcolitis.org.uk) Please speak to your IBD team if planning or become pregnant or want to start breastfeeding.
- Can’t Wait card (crohnsandcolitis.org.uk)
- RADAR key (crohnsandcolitis.org.uk)
- Travelling with Crohn’s or Colitis (crohnsandcolitis.org.uk)
Active infections
Download the active infection information to print
Non-Covid
- If you take a mesalazine (e.g. Octasa, Salofalk, Pentasa, Asacol) you can continue this medication even if you have a temperature.
- If you are taking steroids (e.g. prednisolone, budesonide, hydrocortisone), please contact the IBD team [email protected]
- For all other IBD medications, if you are unwell with a temperature, pause the medications. Restart when well and you have finished taking any antimicrobials (e.g. antibiotics, antivirals and antifungals). If the pause is likely to be over 2 weeks, please contact the IBD team [email protected]
- If you feel well, continue taking medication.
Covid
Letter to patients: Important information about treatments for Covid- If you have Covid symptoms, take a test immediately, even if symptoms are mild.
- If the test is negative but you continue to have symptoms, take another test on each of the next two days (three tests in total over three days).
- Report the test result where possible or by calling 119
- For all medications for IBD, except mesalazines, you are likely to be eligible for anti-viral treatment. You can self-refer to Alliance for Better Care or contact your GP practice or NHS 111 immediately.
- Mesalazine can continue.
- Steroids are likely to continue, but please check with the IBD team via [email protected]
- Other immunomodulators must be paused until Covid symptoms have gone.
Medications for IBD
Source: Crohn’s and colitis UK
- Adalimumab
- Aminosalicylates (mesalazine, sulfasalazine, 5-ASAs) (crohnsandcolitis.org.uk)
- Azathioprine and mercaptopurine
- Filgotinib for Colitis (crohnsandcolitis.org.uk)
- Golimumab
- Guselkumab
- Infliximab
- Methotrexate
- Other medicines including Allopurinol
- Risankizumab
- Steroids
- Tofacitinib
- Upadacitinib
- Ustekinumab
- Vedolizumab
Biosimilars-Information-from-UHS (66kB)
Diet and IBD
- Diet and Crohn’s disease
- Diet and ulcerative Colitis
- Food (crohnsandcolitis.org.uk)
Surgery and IBD
Employment and IBD
Crohn’s and Colitis UK is a national charity offering support and information to patients with IBD and their families. Their website has a lot of helpful and reliable information. You can contact them on 0845 130 2233 or [email protected].