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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
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Asacol Reviews
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Didn't work
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been on it for 15 years
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I take 2caps of Pentasa four times a day. It seems to be OK except I do have flare ups and have been in the hospital 4times in 2008.
Working / Worked
Was a good medication for me but after coming off steroids had +++ joint pains and problems therefore transferred to Sulfasalazine.
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I take 2 tablets 3x day - only two minor flares in a little over 2 years.
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Have taken Pentasa for years so it must be working. No side effects.
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Currently taking. Started with 2400mg a day and now taking 800mg a day.
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I took/take very intemittantly (not prescribed in this way) but find it difficult psychologically to keep taking it when nothing seems wrong. However I've never had any side effects.
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This med usually works...not on any meds now
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This controls most of my symptoms.
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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]
