your personal Asacol daily dosing schedule

what does your daily dosing schedule look / looked like?

I take (3) 400mg 2x per day.

I'm interested in knowing yours.

2 Asacol 4X per day.  In the morning when I wake up, around 11am, 4pm, and again before I go to bed. (as long as I remember to take them anyways)

I take two Asacol (400mg) three times a day.  Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.  You know, I was just reading a research article I found the other day on how Asacol was found to be extremely effective in preventing colon cancer.  But the research was done using 4,500 mg a day.  So that is almost 12 pills a day which I believe is the maximum dose of Asacol.  So, I don't how effective my little six pills a day do for preventing colon cancer.  But, something to think about, Zurich

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/564424

 

no sides here at all with Asacol.

I take 6 pills in the morning and 6 pills at night.  I used to take 4 pills 3X/day, but my doc said I could do it the other way.  No side efffects and I'm not tired at all.....

m

gosh that's so good to hear, but for me, I have taken asacol, pentasa and colozal and every time, I have diarreah, headaches, and I'm so tired that I don't get off the couch. Right now I'm on supplements from a Naturalpath Dr. and I've been off meds for 18 days so far. Do you think the medication is out of my system? I'm getting better slowly, each day. No blood at all anymore. The explosive diarreah is gone too. I still have diarreah every day, but stool too. Yesterday when I was driving I felt the diarreah hit a nerve in my butt and I though oh no I'm not going to make it. I was calm and this is huge for me. I had no problem driving another 10 miles to a gas station. Before, I would have never had made it pass the "oh no" feeling. I'm driving my car these days and not thinking about my butt or a bathroom, this is huge! When you committ to a natural pathway, you have to give it 4 months at least to see a big improvement. I've been on my supplments one month and one week and off meds 18 days. I am starting to feel better as a whole. My main thing was my nerves. I was in this cycle worrying about my butt, then it would effect me gut and then I would have to go to the bathroom. Brain, butt and gut and I feel like the cycle is breaking.

Six Asacol pills twice a day.

I'm always tired. Not sure why or from what.

4 pills, 3 times a day (around 7:30 a.m.; 3:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.)

I am always tired, too (and lately nauseous), but I don't know why.

when I was on it I loved it, did not bother me at all. I did 2400mg 2x day for two years. (well not always 2x day I would forget the second part a lot).

SDM said...
Quincy, are you taking 400mg or 800 mg pills? I have the 800mg pills. My doctor had me on a maintenance dose of 1 in the morning and one at night but I increased that to 3 per day when this flare started and may need to increase it again. If taking 1600 mg per dose isn't too much, I may just start taking 2 twice per day.

Hi..I take the 400mg dosage...so that's 2400mg daily.  3200mg dosage is equal to 8 400mg.  I was at that dosage once..increased from 6 to 8 for about 4 months..then tapered back down to 6.

I don't see that you're on the retention enemas...you should...really...give them a shot.  The 3200mg is good for treatment for oral..plus the rectal.

What are your symptoms at this time? 

q

I take 3 tabs 3 x a day. Also doing night cortenemas for 14 days, then once every other night for 14 days. This is after coming off 30 days of prednisone. 3 days after I came off the prednisone tabs, guess what, same o'l crap (literally). Here's hoping the enemas will help and I will be changing to azulfidine as soon as I see my doc. The asacol does not seem to be absorbed all the time...

3 with breakfast- 3 with supper.

I was on 4 (400 mg) of Asacol 3 x a day but since I started my flare a few months ago, doc increased to 5 Asacol 3 x a day.  I haven't noticed any side effects of that specifically.  Again, it's hard to tell when you're taking so many drugs.