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

4 weeks symptom free is a good thing!

It was hard to discover how much of this drug I should take. At one point I was taking way too much and that resulted in a lot of nausea. I still am not back to the way I was before I got sick, though, so I am interested in what other drugs are out there.

Treatment of ulcerative colitis with symptons. Noticed some improvement with gas and urgent diahrea. Have taken colazal and asacol. Colazal seems to work the best for my active symptons while Lialda seems to simmer my flare up. Would probably maintain if my symptoms weren't active.

I had a flareup with my Crohns. I started taking asacol and flareup subsided right away.

I had to go on this medication slowly as it increased my symptoms with the full dose. It takes at least a mo. to work and you can open capsules as my doctor recommended due to the fact that I do not take pills. The medicine is coated in side and is also time released.

The only problem I had with this was not being able to take after 12:00pm everyday. My "beta blocker" quit working at night while on this medicine. It is rare but can happen. I told my Dr's about it and they were glad that I told them so they could caution other patients as well. I still stayed on the same dose, but they increased it to 3, 2x a day, with breakfast and lunch instead of 2, 3x a day and it has been fine since. I will find out in a couple of weeks if it has worked or not. Back for a... nother scope. Yuck! Just a another quick note that I am usually very allergic to almost all meds that I take and was very surprised that I only the one symptom. Read More Read Less