please...anybody..

[chadwlj]

This is just in response to the messages posted about Asacol and Salofalk. These drugs are not one and the same. Asacol is Asacol (little red/orangish pill), and Salofalk is Salofalk (oval-shaped yellow pill). I was on Asacol several years ago, and it was not effective for me. In fact, I was literally unable to digest it, and it was appearing in my stool as whole (completely undigested). I was then put on Salofalk, which worked for some time. These drugs are similar in that they come from the same class of drugs - they are both what are called "Delayed-Release Mesalamine drugs". This is perhaps why it was said that they are the same thing. As in my case, people may find that one works, while the other isn't overly effective. I suppose some doctors might believe that if one hasn't worked, the other isn't likely to be effective. But, it's worth asking. Finally, for the record, I am from Canada, so I know that both are available here. Best wishes.

[irishdude1981]

i think i can help you, my father has had that for about 3 years now, hes been taking this prescripton med called Colazal, its like asprin for your colon and he helps me with pain. i also have something like colitis, it runs in my family i'm 25, my twin brother has something too, and my dad's mom has troubles too. anyway my dad takes that medication but he find this natural stuff called Aloe MP plus, its all natural stuuf and its been working great for my dad, he loves the stuff. i have been taking some too and it helps me with my pain but i also take other stuff too. i try and stay away from prescription drugs cause they will probably hurt you in the long run. there is also aloeelite,disgestionol which are all for digestional problems. but the thing is you have to be willing to pay a good amount to get them. for digestinol its about 165 a bottle for 270 pills and aloe mp plus is 137 a bottle for 270. if i were you i would really try this out.for these you take 9 a day, 5 in the morning and 4 at night. they can't hurt you in anyway. believe me i i got pain pretty bad pains, going to the bathroom alot. i got it all and i'm so sick of it that its driving me absolutely nuts that i'm getting depressed. i go see i gi doctor in aug to see what exacly i got and i hope i don't have what you and my father have. my doc thinks i have some kind of ibs so we will see. i hope this helps you. just makes me feel better that i'm not the only one in this world with this problem....david

[ZoeGirl]

Brandy,

Sorry to hear about the flare up, I know they are not fun and so embarrassing to talk about! I'm just getting on the other side of a flare up (I think/hope) so I do understand. BTW I am a 36 yr old female.

I was diagnosed with Crohn's last year and put on three drugs; asacol, entocort ec and cipro. It went into remission pretty quickly. I'm now on week 2 of the same three drugs and the pain is much less, although I am having some side effects from the Entocort. I'll take my side effects to the pain I was having two weeks ago! Please search entocort on the internet and read about it. I really think it's working for me.

From the web
"Entocort EC is a nonsystemic corticosteroid that is released into the intestine and works to reduce inflammation. Because 90% of the drug is released in the intestine and not into the bloodstream, it causes fewer side effects than other corticosteroids (i.e., prednisone)."

The Entocort is very expensive. I am in the states with good health insurance and I still had to pay $125 out of pocket (the script was over $400).

I hope this post was helpful, I do understand your pain and frustration and I hope you are well soon.