new form of meslazine - much better imo

i mentioned in the my first post that it is pentasa or salofalk as the brands. i didnt mention asacol. i dont even know what that is being over here in australia.

that is unfortunate that you cant get it in america.

you empty the sachet of granules onto the tongue and wash it down with water or juice. they are like the little candy dots on donuts or cupcakes. that size. and taste sweet. very easy to take.

they make it ALL the way into the colon and are made to disperse evenly throughout the WHOLE colon to the end.
NOT just the beginning. the pills only go part way, hence the switch to the granules, so they go all the way.

my doc wants me to take the salofalk enemas but they make me very sick and i cant tolerate them. so he did try.

these granules are so much better than taking a million pills a day. i quite like them and am hopeful as the studies on them seem to be very very promising.

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^{steph - 32 - female - UC since 2000}

^{currently flaring again..  grrr! (triggered by stress - grrr)}

^{mesalazine granules 3g x1 a day (much nicer than a million tablets a day)}

^{enteric coated fish oil -omega 3 (so they get all the way to my colon)}

^{vitamin D3 x1 a day}

^{prednisolone 25mg x1 a day (ick ick and did i say ick?)}

^{tumeric capsules x3 a day}