ASACOL Reviews (MESALAMINE)Average Rating: 3.0 (439 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ASACOL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ASACOL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | UC | No side effects. | Has worked as promised. One UC flareup in 3.5 years. Controlled with additional medicine, mercaptopurine. | M | 57 | 3 years 1600mg 4X day | 2/19/2010 | 5 | Crohns | None | Drug was a lifesaver. Started taking it in June of 08 after six monts of misery and hospitalizations. Lialda almost did me in. The doctor then put me on Asacol and prednisone. Went off the steroid after 4mos. Take 4 asacol 3x's per day. No flare ups and eat wharever I want | M | 61 | 2 years 400 3X day | 9/8/2010 | 5 | proctitis/diverticulitis | fatigue. but being my age I cannot blame asacol for that I think, | although I am newcomer using this drug it has worked really well so far and all the problems that have been described by so many people on this site did apply to me for eight months, I was admitted to hospital eventually allowed home and used Predfoam canister to inject into the rectum, followed by Asacol canister after two months on Predfoam,At the same time using these injected foams I was taking Asacol at 3200mg per day which I can only say have greatly eliminated bleeding,gas,diarhea etc but during this eight month flare up I have lost 8.5 kilograms. at the moment I do not eat as much as i used to or any junk food at all so I hope to stay at a non obese level of weight which is well within the safe weight area for my bodies build.I have other health problems like angina and C.O P D but reaching 74 I cant complain but I want to wish all sufferers my best wishe to all of them and hopefully they will get relief somehow for all their suffering. | M | 74 | 3 months 800 3X day | 9/29/2010 | 5 | UC - UK | No major side effects hair loss a bit but put that down to genes! | ntil a small flare up three months ago when I've experience gas etc I could't get an appointment so I up'd my asacol to 7x2 a day, my consultant was not happy but its seem to sort my bleeding etc out but the gas and bloating has increased I'm going to decrease back down to 6x2 a day hopefully that will lessen the bloatedness! | M | 30 | 4 years 6 2X day | 11/1/2011 | 5 | Ulcerative Colitis | None. | Makes me feel like a normal human being - I can do a job, see friends et c. and don't have to spend all day being near a lavatory. | M | 40 | 1 years 2400 MG 1X day | 1/31/2012 | 5 | ulcerative colitis | It usually will quell a flare-up of colitis by taking 2 400 mg pills twice daily. This time, however, I've had to take it three times daily, and it seems to have gotten a handle on the UC but more slowly than norma. I am very impressed and grateful for this drug. The only thing I have noticed, and I don't remember noticing this before (when on lower dose) is that I have a remarkable amount of gas. And what is worse is that during a flare-up of UC I experience gas pains -- so a drug that causes me to have MORE gas is obviously a problem. Also, the drug is horrendously expensive. I thought my insurance would cover it but the pharmacist gave my 3 months worth and said insurance wouldn't cover it, and the bill was $1,200.00 I'm thinking of buying it online where the prices are just a tiny fraction o that. Can I do that? | M | 52 | 4 weeks 400 MG | 4/24/2012 | 5 | ulcerative colitis | frequent urination, particulary at night | superb. before using it, i was having constant rectal bleeding and going to the toilet almost 20 times a day. i am now cured, but am waiting for the remissions that are uncurable to see how often im going to get one. | M | 21 | 3 months | 12/10/2006 | 5 | Ulcerative colitis | None | This medicine is great. I've had uc for over 40 years. I originally was prescribed azulfidine which was horrible. Large tablets, very painful urination if dehydrated due to excercising and sweating. Still had many flareups. Switched to asacol ~10 years ago with no side effects. Still have a flareup once a year or so, but I just increase dosage and use Rowasa enemas for a couple weeks and the uc goes back into remission. | M | 64 | 10 years | 11/8/2006 | 5 | U.C. | Hard to tell what effects are from the UC and what are from the Asacol. No certian side effects but I do have back pain and some headaches. Headaches hit especially if I get off track on the meds and have to catch up. Taking 12 pills a day and a bit worried that some day they are going to find out what else these pills are doing to me. For now...I went from a hard hospital stay & severe pain like nothing experienced before, to very mild inconveniences now and then. Seems to me like a good swap to me. | Once off the steroids it really seems to be an easy drug on my system and takes about 95% of the desease away. Fortunately I have drug coverage from my job so that part does not hurt me as badly. However, during my hospital stay I would have paid several times the current cost of this relief. | M | 33 | 1 years | 7/6/2005 | 5 | Ulcerative Colitis | Occasional sharp chest pain moving into arm at the beginning of treatment. Does not happen now. | I'm one of the lucky ones who responded very well to asacol and I was back in action one week after my first diagnosis. I still felt terrible but could get on with life. I found that exercise made me feel one thousand per cent better, so I took up basketball and I still play two or three times a week. This more than anything keeps me going. If I lay off exercise due to injury or illness then my UC starts to flare up again. | M | 48 | 12 years | 3/3/2006 | 5 | UC | I have been taking asacol for the past 7 years. I was just told today that my kidneys are deteriorating. So I was told to stop immediately. I am going back for a blood test in 3-4 weeks. I will let everyone know the outcome. | M | 30 | 7 years | 1/2/2007 | 5 | Ulcerative Colitie | some thinning of hair, acne on face, initial fatigue but not anymore | other than that, I believe the medicine is working tremendously. I have been taking 6 pills a day for the last 8 months and have not had one flare up. I have an apt with the doctor next week and am supposed to be taken down to 4 pills a day. | M | 29 | 8 months | 1/16/2007 | 5 | Ulcerative Colitis | Mild flatulance and I believe it has caused some sorness in my throat | Within days my colitis symptoms disappeared. I started on 2 pills three times daily after two and a half months I switched to 2 pills twice a day and things are still good. The real test will be when I return to teaching when the summer ends. | M | 56 | 4 months | 8/24/2004 | 5 | Ulcerative Colitis | Perhaps weight gain. I do suffer from some joint pain, but that developed (apparently with the colitis) before using this drug. I cannot really report any significant side effect. | Asacol solved my chronic diarrhea almost immediately. I experienced immediate and total recovery, after many months of chronic diarrhea. It was prescribed by my doctor after a colonscopy procedure. | M | 59 | 8 months | 6/10/2004 | 5 | crohn's | Have had no side effects. | Before asacol I was on azulfadine for 5 years and had headaches and flair ups. I have have had no flair ups since starting asacol. I take 1600 mg./day. | M | 56 | 7 years | 10/19/2003 | 5 | IBD | M | 36 | | 1/13/2003 | 5 | IBD | M | 36 | 2 years | 1/13/2003 | 5 | IBD | M | 36 | 2 years | 1/13/2003 | 5 | Crohn's | Had some fever spells for the first month, but none since. | Since being diagnosed I have taken a combination of Imurin and Asacol for the past 10 months. My Crohn's has been in remission since and I'm pretty much side effect free. With the proper regulation, my experience with this drug has been great. | M | 32 | 10 months | 5/10/2005 | 5 | Ulcerative Colitis | NONE | I have been taking Asacol for about 6 years. Azulfidine for 9 years before that. I also have autoimmune liver disease. I have tolerated Asacol well and it definately helps the colitis. Once, I went without for four days in a row and had a major flare-up as a result. I take 3 pills twice a day. | M | 36 | 6 years | 8/8/2007 |
ASACOL (MESALAMINE): Mesalamine (also known as 5-aminosalicylic acid) is used to treat certain types of bowel disease (distal ulcerative colitis, proctosigmoiditis, proctitis). It does not cure these conditions, but it may relieve mild-to-moderate pain and decrease the frequency of diarrhea/bloody stools caused by irritation/swelling in the colon/rectum. Mesalamine is an aminosalicylate anti-inflammatory drug. It is believed to work by blocking the production of certain natural chemicals that may cause pain and swelling. FDA Approval Date: 1992-01-31 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)