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Posted 10/17/2007 1:34 AM (GMT 0)
Does anyone remember the website posted here a good while back which linked to an article showing (in a diagram) where Asacol, Pentasa, etc are absorbed in the GI tract? After two years of being on Asacol, it is now "exiting" as a whole or partial and recognizable pill. I am wondering if changing meds will help and wanted to read that article again. Thanks to anyone who can find or remember it.

 

Posted 10/17/2007 1:44 AM (GMT 0)
I'm not sure if it is the one you are referring to but there is a diagram on the Johns Hopkins CD site. Here'e the link:

http://hopkins-gi.nts.jhu.edu/pages/latin/templates/index.cfm?pg=disease4&organ=6&disease=21&lang_id=1

 

Posted 10/17/2007 3:20 AM (GMT 0)
Hey sanfran,

That is the one! Thanks so much!
Posted 10/17/2007 3:35 AM (GMT 0)
wow that was a cool site.  thanks browneyedgirl for asking about it and sanfran for posting it.

Posted 10/17/2007 11:09 AM (GMT 0)
Hi I am on Asacol also its the shell you are seeing. I already asked the samething to my GI doctor
and thats what he told me.
Posted 10/17/2007 2:55 PM (GMT 0)
Teddybear is right. I too am on Asacol, and what you are seeing is the shell, not the whole pill. The coating has little holes in it and the med slowly oozes out.
Posted 10/17/2007 3:25 PM (GMT 0)
You'll find the same thing generally with Pentasa. Often the shell is passed and you can also see the little beads that are inside in your stool.....
Posted 10/17/2007 6:02 PM (GMT 0)
No, it wasn't just the shell because you could see the white medicine inside it. One end of it was partially dissolved.

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