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 |
| 1 | Crohn's | Rash on face, acne, hair loss | M | 18 | 11 months | 2/2/2010 | 1 | Ulcerative Colitis | Acne, sweating, dry eyes | F | 31 | 1 years | 1/30/2010 | 4 | collagenous colitis | hair loss, chest pain | initial response to med was good--15-20 stools/day started to decrease. Night sweats that were part of my colitis symptoms subsided. After two weeks, developed greatly increased diarrhea, low grade fever, recurrance of night sweats, episodes of severe chest pain with radiation to arms, neck pain. these symptoms persisted about 2 weeks, after which they gradually began to subside. Marked improvement with somewhat normal bowel function after 3 months & almost complete return to normal after 6 months. During the 2 week period of severe reaction to the med, also developed pneumonia noted on x ray and higher blood pressure....not sure if these developements were related to Asacol. Can eat most foods now except extremes. | F | 65 | 6 months | 1/20/2010 | 1 | UC | weight gain, acne, hair loss, profuse sweating | NOT WORTH IT!! Very expensive + doesn't work + has bad side effects. | F | 23 | 4 months | 1/12/2010 | 1 | UC | Acne, severe hair loss, weight gain, dry eyes, rash, sweating, increase of UC symptoms | M | 32 | 1 years | 1/8/2010 | 5 | Ulcerative colitis - C-Diff | None | I started taking Asacol 3 weeks ago. I had antiobiotic related diarrhea for over 3 months! I was never so sick or weak and thought I'd never feell better again. So far, the Asacol has given me my life back! I take 3 - 400 mg pills twice daily. | F | 61 | 3 weeks | 1/1/2010 | 3 | UC | Crabby, tired, sad | Hard to tell what benefit I received though my symptoms went from initail UC to Chrohns disagnosis which isn't good. I take 12 a day and sometimes find them whole in my stool. | F | 39 | 5 days | 12/22/2009 | 1 | UC | M | 18 | 12 months | 11/24/2009 | 4 | Ulcerative Colitis | Sweats - especially at night, Intense cramping and upper abdomen pain only for the first couple days, increased heart rate, dizziness/head rush, possible neck/back pain | I have been taking Asacol for 10 days and have noticed less blood in stool and a noticeable reduction in frequency of bowel movements. Still don't feel completely up to par, but do believe the medicine is having a positive effect. Would advise everyone actively using the med to do regular blood tests and get on fish oil and joint compound supplements at a minimum (email if you would like a good link for pharmaceutical grade supplements). Also, for those with active cramping I have noticed Cannabis provides a GREAT relief... legalize it... | M | 27 | 10 days | 11/23/2009 | 5 | UC | Acne, weight gain, leg cramps | The side effects are well worth having my freedom back! Instead of incontinence and running to the bathroom 20-30 times a day, I can go out and live a normal life. This medicine has been a godsend for clearing up my UC symptoms, but my insurance wont cover it and at 6 pills a day this $300 a bottle medicine goes way too quickly. It's frustrating to have to choose between being sick or being broke. | F | 27 | 3 weeks | 11/19/2009 | 1 | Crohn's / Colitis | KIDNEY FAILURE. BLOOD IN STOOL. I ended up needing a transplant after 4 or 5 years of my doctors telling me that I'll get better. I was on asacol for 4 months and I'm effected by it for the rest of my life (when I started it I was 19). | Since being on Asacol I had to get a transplant. My kidney's slowly failed and now I'm left with bills I'll never be able to pay, medications I'm slowly becoming not able to pay for, and now that I'm at three years after my transplant I have to find insurance (however I'm now uninsurable). | F | 26 | 4 months | 10/22/2009 | 5 | Crohns Stage 2 | NONE | This drug literally has saved my life. Had 10" of intestine removed, and contracted C-Diff in the hospital. Crohns was so bad it invaded my appendix and ruptured it. They tried me on Endocort and it almost killed me. I take 6 Asacol per day and aside from my hair turning wavy, it has got me back to feeling human again. | M | 53 | 1 years | 10/7/2009 | 1 | Ulcerative colitis | Extreme hair loss after l month | I found the package insert re:side effects very inadequate. There was no mention of possible hair loss. I quit cold turkey and after 10 days am still losing handsful of hair. | F | 83 | | 10/6/2009 | 4 | Crohn's Disease | Dry eyes, runny nose | My doctor was very displeased at my refusal of prednisone, but I feel that a combination of Asacol and an altered diet have saved my life. Though doctors may tell you that diet has nothing to do with it- obviously, if you know you have trigger foods- DON'T EAT THEM! I'll take a drippy nose over 10-12 bathroom visits a day, no question! | F | 26 | 10 months | 10/3/2009 | 5 | Ulcerative Colitis | None | I've had no side affects whatsoever. I was diagnosed in August 2008, therefore, I have been taking the medication for one year. I started out with 2 pills 3x a day (40mg each) and I am now on 2 pills 2x a day. My symptoms cleared up 4 months after I began taking the medication. I personally stopped taking it because I felt good. With this illness, you cannot eat certain foods as suggested by my doctor; fried foods, and dairy products (milk, butter or cheese.) I have changed my diet. I eat lots of fruits and vegetables along with chicken and fish. I exercise daily and I must say, I feel "normal." I'm in remission and I see my GI doctor every 3 months. | F | 50 | 1 years | 8/27/2009 | 1 | Ulcerative Cholitis | Nearly destroyed my kidneys until I was taken off it. I am now at stage 4 of Renal diseases because of this awful medicine. First it worked well for about 8 years, then I started having white blood cells show up in my urine. Urologist did not find anything wrong. Primary care physician spotted it and cardiologist noted my creatinine level was high at about 1.9, and referred me to a nephrologist. He never connected asacol to my imminent kidney failure, and my creatinine level jumped rose slowly to 4.1. A second nephrologist knew of the connection between asacol and kidney failure and had me removed from it while giving me huge doses of prednisone. Finally my creatinine level dropped, but I am now on the kidney transplant list and may have to do dialysis if my kidneys fail further. | The makers asacol have no warning anywhere on their drug insert linking asacol and kidney failure. A class action suit should be brought against them for hiding this vital information from patients. | M | 50 | 8 years | 8/25/2009 | 5 | U.C | None | This drug has helped me immensely. I was diagnosed in late '06 after suffering terrible cramping, diarrhea and blood loss. I was hospitalized for two weeks in '07 and was given 4 blood transfusions....since then I take Asacol 6 x day along with Imuran 2 x day. Thankfully I have been in remission for two years. I have cut down dramatically on milk and wheat products as they seem to make me sick, as do spicy foods. I am on a plain diet with plenty of exercise and I feel so much better for it. Good Luck People!! | M | 42 | 2 years | 8/18/2009 | 1 | crohns | severe joint pain | I never had any symptoms and was surprised to find out from a colonoscopy that I had Crohns. I started to get severe joint pain in my ankles, wrists, shoulders and fingers and the doctors denied it was asacol. I stopped the Asacol and after a week the horrible joint pain went away. | F | 55 | 2 years | 8/18/2009 | 3 | U.C. | The Asacol actually helped a skin condition I have had since I was 4years old. It was never diagnosed as anything. problem is it came with a ton of side effects. | side effects were immediatly tiredness and dizzyness. Next muscle cramps or charlie horses. I had them in my feet, calves, thighs, back, and my hands. They were horrible. I also had blinding headaches. I think they fell under the migrane catagory, something I have never had before. I also started to have tenderness where my liver is. That was the final symptom. I can live with my toes and fingers not being clear (normal). I wish I had researched this more before blindly taking meds. | F | 38 | 1 months | 8/12/2009 | 1 | Crohn's | Severe Kidney damage. My kidneys function at 25% now. A biopsy was done to prove the Asacol was the reason, this damage is permanent. I have lost my quality of life. | DON'T TAKE THIS MED!! | M | 54 | 1 years | 8/12/2009 |