Recently diagnosed with Crohn's, with questions about Pentasa and Colace.

Hello everyone,

I am a 43 yr old female recently diagnosed with Crohn's after colonoscopy and small capsule endoscopy. I never have diarrhea, just a gnawing pain in my lower right abdomen, and pain and rectal bleeding when passing hard or large stool. My tests showed small ulcerations in my rectum, and small ulcerations in my terminal ileum. Thankfully, nothing severe.

My doctor wants me to try to oral Pentasa and Canasa suppositories, but I am afraid. I read the package insert and got a little freaked out about the thought of pericarditis or allergic reaction. I guess I'm looking for a little reassurance.

I was also wondering if anyone here takes Colace to help with hard stools?

Thanks for taking the time to help.

Angela

Hello Angela,

Colase is common and seems to help lots of people. Unfortunately, I get horrible gas pains from it and will never touch it again. Everyone is different and I think I am in the small minority for colase.

I use a generic version of Colace everynight. If I didn't I would be in a world of hurt, because of constipation. Don't worry about the Pentasa, it is a very mild medication with little or no side effects. In fact its one of the mildest Crohns meds. Hope that helps to calm your worries.

And welcome to Healingwell!!

ya i am a crohns patient since 1993 and i take pentassa500mg 6 aday and i have had no problems
thamk god i also take puri-nethol50mg cause i was taking imurian100mg but i was sick on them
but i suppuse if u do have any quirys ask the doc take care and i hope the meds do the trick