Information and opinions on health from BeckyJane at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/372632/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/372632/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/372632/index http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/c/372632/141272/serum-creatinine Sun, 10 Jul 2011 05:38:49 -0400 BeckyJane After being on Lialda for approximately 8 weeks and 8 weeks of prednisone ( off Lialda for now at instruction of dr. and finished prednisone treatment), blood work revealed an increase in my serum creatinine.  I will be having a couple of kidney function tests done soon. Blood work was normal before I started taking this med.  Ulcerative colitis seems to be in remission.  Has anyone else experienced this affect on serum creatinine? http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/c/372632/141272/serum-creatinine