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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ASACOL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Crohn's disease | Severe headaches (never not have a headache that's moderate and becomes severe at least once a week), nausea, fatigue, dizziness. But, medication put me into remission!! Tried coming off due to the side effects, mostly the headaches, but I was beginning to flare after 3 days! It works, but would love any suggestions on a daily medication that works for the severe headaches that turn into migraines. Can't keep taking over the recommended dose of Tylenol ever day! Too hard on the liver and it's really affecting my life! Ugh! | F | 27 | 4 years 800mg tid | 4/14/2014 | 4 | Crohns | Hair loss | Initially my hair fell out and it was very upsetting but after several months my hair grew back even better than before. This medication helps, there is no cure but if I reduce dosage too much then I see blood in stool and loosing weight | F | 50 | 3 years 500 MG x 4 2X day | 9/25/2013 | 1 | Ulcerative Colitis | Nausea, fatigue | Asacol attacked my kidneys. Do not take this drug. I was taking it for many years and it did so much damage to my kidneys that I now need a transplant. It is dangerous and unnecessary. | F | 23 | 5 years 2X day | 9/25/2013 | 1 | colitis | My name is Michael Sipusic. I was notified by my prescription company that a RX I have been taking since 1993 is being discontinued mid April. Reason stated is because the medicine has DBP in it. The drug is Asacol used to treat colitis. DBP is known to cause thyroid cancer I read. In December 2007 I was diagnosed with Thyroid cancer after taking Asacol for 14 years. Thyroid cancer in males is rare. Even though the drug is discontinued...the drug manufacturer has not made any statements on their website and it looks like business as normal for them. This drug was slated to go generic this year and I fell they are holding off on the negative news because it will impact their stock price significantly. On top of all that...I believe this drug contributed to my thyroid cancer. Please see attached documents and information below. DBP was added to the California Proposition 65 (1986) list of suspected teratogens in November 2006. It is a suspected endocrine disruptor. It was used in some nail polishes; all major producers began eliminating this chemical from nail polishes in the Fall of 2006. DBP was permanently banned in children's toys and childcare articles, in concentrations of 1000 ppm or greater, under section 108 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that interfere with the endocrine (or hormone system) in animals, including humans. These disruptions can cause cancerous tumors, birth defects, and ot | 39 | 15 years 400mg 4X day | 5/29/2013 | 4 | ulcerative colitus | pain bloody stools cramping | ive been taking this drug for years and i have to say its saved my life a couple of times thank god for meds | M | 26 | 11 years 400mg 4X O | 3/27/2013 | 1 | Ulcerative proctitis | Fatigue, irritability, anxiousness, insomnia. | I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Proctitis in my teens. It went in remission when I picked up smoking. I quit 6 months ago and started taking Asocol . Doctors don't believe me, but this medicine keeps me awake at night, insomnia, fatigue, and extremely anxious. I tested my theory that it may be the Asocol, by taking it every other day to see if I notice a different in sleep pattern or anxiousness, and irritability. It is indeed the medicine. In between periods of not taking Asacol, I felt fine-- and have no sleep disturbances. However, symptoms of my UC subside greatly when using this medicine. I dislike the side effects, but the medicine itself is every effective. | F | 33 | 2 months 500 MG 1X day | 3/1/2013 | 5 | UC | None | Asacol has been great for me. Took it throughout pregnancy and everything was fine. | F | 36 | 7 years 6X day | 2/12/2013 | 1 | ulcerative colitis | My daughter who is now 15, was on asacol for her UC. When she was first put on it, it seemed to be fine. She started to gain a large amount of weight and started to experience severe headaches. She had a MRI thinking she had a brain tumor, and nothing. She decided she was done with the meds and refused to take them, and the headaches went away. I am not 100% it was the asacol, but seems to be a connection. I see that headaches have been mentioned on this site as well. Her UC really didn't get any better either taking this medication. She missed 35 days of school last year, as she couldn't get out of bed due to her headaches and would sit there an cry. I am hoping this year will be better | F | 15 | 2 years 2000 mg 2X day | 8/28/2012 | 1 | Ulcerative Colitis | Read on here that the drug doesn't work. Stopped taking it and found great solutions. | There is NO reason to take this dangerous drug! I have completely controlled my UC by doing the following: drink 3/4 cup Lifeway kefir once a day; take Boswellia (supplement from a tree in India, reduces infamation) twice a day, take vitamin K2 once a day, eat plain organic yogurt with fruit twice a day. After years of suffering, my symptoms are gone!!! My doc is amazed!!! Try it! Contact me at [email protected] before taking this and/or a steroid. | M | 56 | 1 days 400 3X day | 8/1/2012 | 1 | UC | No change of symptoms for 8 days (my only UC symptom was traces of blood but a colonoscopy said UC) On the 9th day, I had bloody diarrhea every couple of hours. 10th day and 11th day it was every half hour along with bad chills, headache, no appetite (the 'usual' symptoms) -- I've been trying to contact my doctor for 2 days but he hasn't called back so I've taken myself off the medicine. I'm starting to feel better --- would love to hear how long this stuff takes to get out of your system. | M | 43 | 11 days 800mg 3X day | 7/18/2012 | 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 | Dried urine is purplish/reddish brown. | F | 60 | 20 years 400 mg (2) 3X day | 4/6/2012 | 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 | UC | My right kidney is hurting - Asacol? Don't know | I've had UC for 30 years. I have taken this drug daily for about the last 15 years. I just increase my dosage when I flair. It changed my life. I used to take Azulfidine - did nothing for me. I love Asacol. I'm hoping I have not maxxed out on it. | F | 46 | 15 days varies 2X day | 1/10/2012 | 4 | Ulcerative Colitis | Occasionally shells of med came out in feces | Good medication but annoying to have to take so much | M | 26 | 7 years 600? 2X day | 11/30/2011 | 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 | 4 | Ulcerative Colitis | NO side effects -- except that during my third flare, when we couldn't get the diarrhea under control using both prednisone and Asacol, it turned out that the Asacol was actually causing the diarrhea. So now it will have to be a crap shoot - who knows whether it will be a silver bullet, ending the diarrhea, cramping and pain and giving me back my life, or something that keeps me stuck at home, unable to risk moving far from the john. | I took 4.8 G / day, divided into either 2 or 3 doses, my choice. During my first bout with Ulcerative Colitis, Asacol was a miracle in a bottle - it completely stopped the endless cramping and diarrhea. I took the full dosage (12 - 400mg tabs/day) for several months, then tapered off very slowly and maintained remission for three years. I had a flare, went right back on Asacol and voila! nearly instant remission. Again, tapered off after taking it for a couple of months, but remission was short-lived. Now for the bad news: the next flare, the symptoms were only marginally controlled, even though I was taking both prednisone and Asacol. I was getting desperate, and finally, my GI suggested that I stop the Asacol, which apparently sometimes causes diarrhea. To my shock, within a day or two, the diarrhea stopped. Unfortunately, I have not stayed symptom-free, and 4 months later I am still on prednisone and struggling to get control of this disease. Bottom line: when it worked, it was like a miracle drug. How ironic that it then began to cause the very symptoms it had been surpressing! I wish I could find something else as good. I had no other side effects. No nausea, no hair loss, or anything like that. So the question each time I flare will be: does it work, or does it make things worse? And that will be determined by trial and error. | F | 55 | 4.8 G 1X day | 9/12/2011 | 2 | Crohns | Possible cause of gout. | A lot of the common side effects of Asacol are what I had before I started taking it, and they largely persisted. However, a year after going on it, in despair in a bad patch of gut problem, I started seeing a medical herbalist and he improved matters greatly. I now have developed gout, in the complete absence of the usual culprits such as red wine and red meat, and have found it listed as a side effect. The herbalist switched to concentrating on the gout and the gut symptoms are much worse - which leads me to think that Asacol hasn't helped as much as the herbalist and has probably given me gout. Herbalist is back on the gut thing and I'm going to come off the Asacol. It seemed to help a bit but has apparently been outdone by natural remedies. | F | 64 | 3 years 400 3X day | 8/23/2011 | 4 | crohns | I have had some weight gain since I started on asacol. It has helped the diarrhea not sure if I have had others. I am on alot of medicine for other conditions. | F | 64 | 6 weeks 1200 3X day | 8/14/2011 | 2 | ulcerative colitis | Within 2-3 days I noticed my symptoms were worse: frequency of cramping increased up to 3 times original with more blood. Also cramps began to travel up and induce nausea every time they hit. Makes going to work miserable. Can't eat until I get home. | I tried to understand how Asacol works and wonder if it is just too non-specific after I understood that it is designed to interfere with the production of a natural lipid based secretion called prostaglandins, some of which cause inflammation but some of which also inhibit inflammation. Here is a website that explains a little of that: http://www.raysahelian.com/prostaglandin.html Thanks everyone for the heads up about the kidney failure and hair loss. Horrible! | F | 41 | 8 days 800 mg 3X day | 5/17/2011 |