What is your opinions of Canasa? HELP

I know i need to try to see if Canasa will work for me but I am having a hard time trying it for the first time. Its the whole putting things in my booty situation.

Do you guys have any advice on how to make it not so difficult and painful? Any tips on when to do it time-wise, how long , how often, etc.

Did it work for most of you guys or did it make things worse? I am just never done it and really nervous about it.

Any feedback of this would be helpful.

Thanks so much. Love the forum and all the users.

MEDS - ASACOL HD

Relaxation and practice should help. If you are worries about wasting expensive Canasa, you could practice with glyceryn suppositories, or a disposable fleet enema. While not talked about a lot, the anal-insertion of suppositories or enema tips is a very common thing if you consider all the hemorrhoids and constipation and bowel cleansing in the general population.

Done gently and relaxed, it should not hurt. You could use a little dab of a numbing agent like Nupercanal if you are tender and/or concerned.

But in general, this is a skill you need as a UC patient.

Try putting vitamin E around. It helps to slide it in. It definately helps with inflammation in rectum. If your inflammation is further up, you should consider enema. Enema bothers me more than canasa but when in flare, I do what needs to be done. Hope it works for you.

I usually warm the tip under hot water to make it slippery. Then i put it in with my finger. I don't even touch my butt with my finger, just push the supp in and it locks into place a second later. I don't find them to be all that effective for me lately unfortunately.

Until i use the bathroom. If i do it before bed, I sleep with it in. If I do it in the morning, sometimes I will pass it at some point during the day. Depends how much I am going and how active my symptoms are. It doesn't usually pass like it went in, it dissolves and it will look like waxy remnants. I've been using them for years sometimes 2x a day even. Sometimes I use other stuff instead.

Use astroglide...I know, I know. Canasa never really worked that well for me, but it does for some people. Hope you are one of them!

ki-wi, i don't think it's skill, it's luck and timing from my experience. the longer you've retained it, the better chance of a dry fart. I've learned the hard way.

cucubbie said...
how long does it take to dissolve ?

In my experience, Canasa never really dissolves. It is very oily and will result in some grossness pretty much no matter what.