User Reviews for Mesalamine (Lialda, Pentasa, and others)

Oct 06 lower Abdomen pain, 1st doctor herina and surgery / pain cont 2nd doctor urologist numerous test CAT Scan x2 nothing found pain cont. / 3rd doctor gastro. colonosp. test Crohn's confirmed March 2007. Pentasa 3000mg daily. Pain free.

Been using for 2+ tears and only had one flare up of symptoms

USING ASACOL FOR 15 YEARS. TEND TO FLUCTUATE DAILY DOSAGE WITHOUT DR'S AUTHORITY DUE TO COST. DEFINITELY REDUCES SYMPTOMATIC ISSUES WHEN TAKEN REGULARLY. HAVE SURVIVED 2 RESECTIONS THUS FAR 1993-2003

I have been taking pentasa since June 2007, when I was diagnosed. I have a hard time taking it twice a day 4,000mg. a day, went down to 2,000mg, doing fine. This is an important medicine.

I switched to Lialda during a sever flare-up & they have been great! I started taking 4 per day due to the severity of my condition, which was nothing compaired to the 12 Acacol I was taking before, I am now down to 2 a day and have not had any problems since.

Asacol has been good for me but hope it will go generic soon! Lost my job and the costs are

On a 3 pills, 3x per day regime, and wondering if I could go down to two, as never had severe symptoms. The afternoon dose is a nuisance to remember.

the drug does not work as fast as I would like it to.

I have been taking for almost 3 years with no flare ups. Works great but is very expensive to use 240 pills a month.

I started taking this asacol a couple of months ago for Ulcerative colitis. It worked for two months then my diarrhea came back. It hasn't gone away. Now I have to take prednisone.

I am a 56 year old male and have been taking 4 capsuls twice a day for 6 months. it seems to work for me.

Sometimes too much to take, 2caps 4x a day. Lately I have been very depressed, no appitite and feeling very low with no energy. I get angry easily and cannot get over it.

I have had ulcerative colitis for 15 years and this is the only treatment that has worked for me. When i take it regularly I have no symptoms (no bleeding, no bloating, no constipation). for me it works.

The treatment was good with the drug use but caused major sclap sorisis

I was diagnosed with microscopic colitis and this medication has done very little for me. It is difficult to remember to take 3 times a day. Even when it is taken as directed it has little or no effect. Upsets my stomach when I take it.

i took asacol for active crohn's disease with no effect what-so-ever, and developed a bowel obtruction while still taking asacol

Has put me in remission for 3 years, even to the point where i can play field hockey for my college team. Only downside i take 12 of them a day. Talk about Lialda, same drug, larder doeses in each pill; i'll take 4 once a day rather then 4, 3 times a day.

Very expensive mediciation, it does work well, its just so many pills a day and it will be along road to recovery.