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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
Working / Worked
I was taking 1 a day 3 times a day. I had a flair up and then my doctor increased it to 2 a day 3 times a day. *sigh*
Currently, I am self medicating myself through a flare up by using 3 a day 3 times a day...... I'm don't recommend it because I don't have a doctor to back me up on it...but it is working.
Currently, I am self medicating myself through a flare up by using 3 a day 3 times a day...... I'm don't recommend it because I don't have a doctor to back me up on it...but it is working.
Working / Worked
I am on Pentasa 3000mg a day. It seems to be working ok now that the dose made higher.
Working / Worked
Seems to keep me from hitting bottom. So far I haven't been in remission, but I haven't had a full blown episode either.
Working / Worked
no
Working / Worked
I has been working ok. It is just so hard to remember to take 9 pills a day.
Working / Worked
Works, makes me gassy
Working / Worked
worked for a year then had flare ups with it.
not taking it now.
not taking it now.
Working / Worked
I began with 3 pills 3 times a day, and it was my godsend. my dr. just recently had me go down to 2 pills 3 times a day and i flared up really bad again. back at 3 3 times a day.
Working / Worked
It was working from October until March I actually was symptom FREE!!!!! THEN i caught a virus and ended up in the hospital for a week. NOw they are questioning how effective it is for me!
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Discussions
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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]
