Asacol

Description

Mesalamine is used to treat inflammatory bowel disease, such as ulcerative colitis. It works inside the bowel by helping to reduce the inflammation and other symptoms of the disease.

Mesalamine is available only with your doctor's prescription.

Once a medicine has been approved for marketing for a certain use, experience may show that it is also useful for other medical problems. Although this use is not included in product labeling, mesalamine is used in certain patients with the following medical conditions:

• Mild or moderate Crohn's disease—for treatment and to prevent it from occurring again

Common Brand Names:

Asacol

Lialda

Pentasa

Asacol 800