Mesalazine (International Nonproprietary Name, British Approved Name), also known as Mesalamine (United States Adopted Name) or 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA), is an anti-inflammatory medication used to treat inflammation of the digestive tract ulcerative colitis and mild-to-moderat...
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Mezavant940 posts
Fewer patient posts reported that Mezavant helped them when used for Colitis Ulcerative (19% lower than average of other Colitis Ulcerative treatments)
Prednisone
Fewer patient posts reported that Prednisone helped them when used for Colitis Ulcerative (19% lower than average of other Colitis Ulcerative treatments)
Asacol
Fewer patient posts reported that Asacol helped them when used for Colitis Ulcerative (12% lower than average of other Colitis Ulcerative treatments)
Pentasa
Fewer patient posts reported that Pentasa helped them when used for Colitis Ulcerative (21% lower than average of other Colitis Ulcerative treatments)
Salofalk
Fewer patient posts reported that Salofalk helped them when used for Colitis Ulcerative (6% lower than average of other Colitis Ulcerative treatments)
Imuran
Fewer patient posts reported that Imuran helped them when used for Colitis Ulcerative (3% lower than average of other Colitis Ulcerative treatments)
Azathioprine
Fewer patient posts reported that Azathioprine helped them when used for Colitis Ulcerative (37% lower than average of other Colitis Ulcerative treatments)
Lialda
Fewer patient posts reported that Lialda helped them when used for Colitis Ulcerative (10% lower than average of other Colitis Ulcerative treatments)
Prednisolone
Fewer patient posts reported that Prednisolone helped them when used for Colitis Ulcerative (60% lower than average of other Colitis Ulcerative treatments)
Remicade
More patient posts reported that Remicade helped them when used for Colitis Ulcerative (58% higher than average of other Colitis Ulcerative treatments)
Predfoam
An average number of patient posts reported that Predfoam helped them when used for Colitis Ulcerative
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Mezavant Top Concerns
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...else experience liver problems as a result of Mezavant???
Hi, my son has been taking mezavant for his colitis and it appears to be causing serious liver problems.
Has...
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can anything help with getting blood loss under control
i was on imuran, but i got sick so the med has been stopped. during the ...now on 6mp, and my mezavant pills. i cant seem to...
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Hi
I've been taking Mezavant for about 9 months, and my Dr advised me ...and hoping things
are ok. Although it keeps the bleeding under control I still feel really rough in the mornings....
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...8 months, while being on mezavant pills also, never really got ...and it wasent until i got to add cortifoam and have a fit ...back on the cortifoam and mezavant, but dr add imuran, so...
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...to the aza and maybe up the dosage? My mezavant usually worked first 4 weeks and if not then it ...bit longer. Where is the inflammation...
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...pentasa, when I took pentasa , I experienced chest pains , breathing problems, and back aches like crazy...I am now on mezavant. I was just...
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I have had colitis for 22years and was ...The only meds that I have been on is Salofalk then mezavant and enemas(salofalk, hycort, cortifoam) currently...
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...definately look into changing the mezavant to salofalk or another mesalamine. Mezavant caused my liver enzymes to go ...gone down. I had more side effects from the mezavant as well. Once I...
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I can't take the Mezavant oral. I had even more ...chills and fainted. Yet, I was on the salofalk supp. for years which ...low pred, cortifoam and salofalk suppositories work. It was alwa...
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...xmas so been sleeping by this. I should be able to tell better on Monday lol. My problem was frequent bowel movements and real bad urgency :-(
I am taking pred and mezavant at the same...
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