Diagnosed with Crohn's Nov 12, 2007. Symptoms still persist. is there such a thing as symptom free days? Will I always hurt, even if only minor symptoms persist. I'm not sure what are medicinal side effects and what are Crohn's symptoms. I don't feel any better than when I was released from the hospital. It's been a month now.

ZANTAC is great for symptoms
It will take some time but I think it is enough already,
GO back to Doc

Well some patients have flare-ups that last weeks or months. others have a flare-up and then go for months without any trouble, so it all depends upon the individual person.
The symptoms are abdominal pain, often on the right side, diarrhea, fever, loss of appetite, weight loss, and sometimes mucus and/or blood in the stool (although this is not as common as it is with Ulcerative Colitis, another form of inflammatory bowel disease). The medication side effects depends upon which medication(s) you're on.
You might want to consider talking to your doctor about a new treatment regimen, since the initial goal of Crohn's treatment is initiating a remission, and clearly your medications are not doing that, so it may be time to consider other options or adjusting your current meds.