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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... | 1047 |
66% |
| Irritable Bowel Syndrom... | 44 |
64% |
| Diverticulitis | 2 |
100% |
| Depression - Teen | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 66% (1094
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Asacol Reviews
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works good,I highly recommend this for inflamation.
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just started
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yeah, it worked. but sometimes it causes acidity
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Been on this constatnly for 2 years +
Not sure if its doing anything to be honest!
Not sure if its doing anything to be honest!
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I took Pentasa for four years and was in blessed remission in that time. Then last spring 2008 I begin to flare for some reason(maybe stress I'm thinking due to mother-in law passing away.).
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Seems to be working. Went from blood on BM and toilet paper to none on TP and mostly none on BM. Is this too detailed? No side effects.
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at this stage it seems to help. side effects are still being experianced.
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This seems to be working now along with the steriod.
But my joints are killing me. I try to walk daily, but some days it proves to be very difficult.
But my joints are killing me. I try to walk daily, but some days it proves to be very difficult.
Working / Worked
worked then failed
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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]
