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(also known as Mesalazine, Pentasa, Canasa, Rowasa)
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 certai... continue
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Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Crohn's Disease & Ulcer... | 1048 |
66% |
| Irritable Bowel Syndrom... | 44 |
64% |
| Diverticulitis | 2 |
100% |
| Depression - Teen | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 66% (1095
Members)
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Asacol Reviews
Working / Worked
Is effective with upper portion of colon; latest flare is confined to sigmoid region and rectum - Last flare involved entire colon
Working / Worked
Actually Salofalk (5-ASA) and it worked for 6 yrs!! then I got pregnant and it has not totally been doing it`s job! We`ll see what happens after I deliver.
Working / Worked
flare-up stopped when I stared asacol. ran out last night, gotta flare-up
Working / Worked
been taking for 3 months and not working very well
Working / Worked
Been on Asacol since May and its working great for me.
Working / Worked
on it for years!
Working / Worked
I was taking Asacol when I was first diagnosed. It seemed to be working for me. I felt better than ever most of the time although some days thats not always the case. My doctor wanted to put me on Methotrexate as well, but after reading about the medicine I said NO WAY JOSE!! I'm just praying that one day... hopefully soon :) there will be a cure for this! Keeping my fingers crossed!
Working / Worked
Works well
Working / Worked
Just started it today.
Working / Worked
WORKED IN THE PAST BUT DOESNT SEEM TO BE NOW
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Canasa
i was on that stuff for a few days and had major cramps and it seemed to make everything worse. UGH. Canasa I think is in the family of mesalamin... [More] -
Asacol?
Hi there Search previous discussions too on Asacol (pentasa another name for the oral form and Rowasa for the rectal form. You can search it in the ... [More] -
Asacol?
I was on Asacol for almost 15 years--most recent dosage was 2 pills, 4x/d. It worked fine for me until the inflammation moved higher in my colon ... [More] -
Recently diagnosed
Here is a bit of the research I did: Types of Therapy (in order of usual application) 1) 5-ASA Agents (sulfa free agents have reduced side effect... [More] -
Costly Pentasa?
Pentasa is asacol....has soo many different names...my crohns docs call it asacol but at the GP's for repeat prescription they say whats that one im l... [More]
