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Posted 11/6/2015 1:37 AM (GMT 0)
I've been on two lialda and 9 mg endocort for awhile. I've had bad muscle pain and cramps in feet,hand and legs Stopped statin and it was a little better. Today I took one lialda instead of two and I'm feeling alot better. Cramps and pain are mostly gone. I think since I'm getting on 6 mp ill be okay at one lialda. Just dropping back a little early.

Anyone else experience this?
Posted 11/6/2015 2:14 PM (GMT 0)
I'm still doing 4 Lialda a day with the 6mp. I get leg cramps too. I might taper off the Lialda.
Posted 11/6/2015 2:47 PM (GMT 0)
I got some night leg pain when taking split does of Lialda. After changing to take all in morning, I do not get night pain anymore.
Posted 11/6/2015 11:19 PM (GMT 0)
I have never experienced cramps/leg or joint pain from Lialda. Been on 4 a day for almost 2 years.
Posted 11/6/2015 11:20 PM (GMT 0)
I was on lialda for two years at 4 pills a day, and never had any side effects.
Posted 11/6/2015 11:26 PM (GMT 0)
For me, it is definitely related to lialda. Two days of one instead of two and the pain and cramps are gone. I have had this going on and getting steadily worse for months Thanks for the feedback. I'll contact my doctor. This could be why he refused earlier to increase the lialda dose instead of steroids. He just said side effects.
Posted 11/7/2015 4:15 AM (GMT 0)
I felt better when my dose of Lialda was halved from 4 to 2 pills per day, including less joint and muscle pain. In your case though it was most likely the statins. Have you told your doctor that you stopped taking the statin drug? Statins cause a lot of neuropathy. Lialda not so much. Best.
Posted 11/7/2015 12:56 PM (GMT 0)
I never had side effects from lialda was on and off with it for 10 years, than became ineffective. now on asacol hd with side affects
Posted 11/8/2015 1:17 AM (GMT 0)
Seeing my pcp in ten days. For now I split my dose day and night now and that seems to still be better. I thought it was statin too but I was off for four weeks and it really didn't make a lot of difference. Reducing lialda did. Split dose is still better than it was. I am on a plan to reduce lialda and Endicott over the next month as I work 6 mph up to 75 mg. Plan is eventually to be on just one lialda and one endocort plus 75 6mp. See my gi in a month. Thanks for the feedback
Posted 11/8/2015 1:30 PM (GMT 0)
It's plausible that you're having a reaction to the pill's delayed-release coating. Every brand of meslamine had a different formulation of its coating. You could switch to a different one, as a test (asacol hd, apriso, etc).
Posted 11/8/2015 7:27 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks ipoop that's a good suggestion. Ill bring it up with my GI. U
Posted 12/6/2015 4:33 AM (GMT 0)
I totally had muscle pain in legs, back, arms, etc. my tendons from previous ankle sprains were sore too. I take lialda 4 tabs daily. I missed a day and felt a lot better. I am switching to asacol HD and hope this will improve. Statins are also notorious for muscle aches- could be either drug.
Posted 12/6/2015 11:31 AM (GMT 0)
I have been on Lialda for 5+ years. I'm convinced it stopped working because I am switching over to remicade Monday, but it never gave me any side effects at all. It is a very harmless medication. Same ingredients and side effects that Asacol or Apriso would have or any mesal medication. Only diff is how the capsule releases the medication.
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