Lialda users

I've been on asacol, colazol, and dipentum and they never did enough for me--I couldn't fully get into remission unless I was also using cortisone enemas.  I was somewhat better, but I thought it was the best I could hope for when I had a bad reaction to immunosuppressants.  As a last shot before going on imuran or remicade, my doctor prescribed Lialda.  I've been on 3 pills in the morning for the past 3 weeks and I'm loving it. Works great.  This is the best I've felt so far.  The only negative so far is that I do get a little non-smelly gas in the afternoon, but at least it's not the wet kind anymore that I have to worry about dirtying myself.  

My doctor said it's a weird thing.  Although they are all the same, they have different delivery and release systems.  He has patients who do lousy on one and great on others even though they are the same mesalamine drug.  This particular drug releases very slowly and coats the entire colon. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this good feeling continues and I can eventually try to go on the normal dose of 2 a day.  If two pills doesn't work --you can take up to 4 pills in the morning-which is what he originally wanted to put me on.