asacol

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What is asacol?

Generic Name: mesalamine
Mesalamine affects a substance in the body that causes inflammation, tissue damage, and diarrhea.
Mesalamine is used to treat ulcerative colitis, proctitis, and proctosigmoiditis. Mesalamine is also used to prevent the symptoms of ulcerative colitis from recurring.
Mesalamine may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Posts on asacol (375)

Has anyone tried Lialda? Does it perform any better than Asacol? How much more is your co...
Male, 71 in generally good health, physically active, slim build. IgA nephropathy apparen...
I've had high ANA (1:1280) and ASMA/Actin Antibody titers (57), plus rheumatoid factor sinc...
I've had high ANA (1:1280) and ASMA/Actin Antibody titers (57), plus rheumatoid factor sinc...
I will be having a colonscopy. What I need to know do I need to stop using my asacol a wee...
Since it's not considered 'good form' to post links to studies that are recruiting individu...
I have bad side effects to asacol,remicaid,6mp ect. I can only take endicort and my do...
is it safe to have lasik while on ASACOL and having crohns
I've been on Asacol for ulcerative colitis for three years. After a blood test it was disco...
I started Asacol almost two weeks ago, and it worked very well after a couple of days, but ...