joint pain with Rowasa?

Hi, I am a long time UC patient. Have been flaring since Mar., after 5 years of remission.Currently, have much improved. I take Pentasa and have also been taking Rowasa enemas for 6 plus weeks. about 2 weeks ago,came down with terrible joint pain,starting in my knees, and then feet, wrists, and ankles. I feel like someone beat the bottoms of my feet with a lead pipe! I read that one possible side effect of Rowasa is joint pain. I called Dr. and he said ,yes, and I am tapering off them, every other day. Pain has not lessened yet and is very upseting to me. I've read on this forum, that joint pain can be a part of UC, but in my 30 years of having it, have never had joint pain except the last 2 weeks. Has anyone had this side effect from Rowasa? (I know the same medicine is in Pentasa and I have been on that 13 years with no problem)

thanks, Quincy.
I am 51 and am female. I think I will take no more Rowasas, and wait a week. Dr. said to call him then.
I am on 1000 mg of Pentasa 4times a day. My maintainance dose is 500, 4 times a day. I never thought about any otheringredient in the enemas. I do think it weird that I was on it for 5 weeks, before I had joint pain.

Thanks, Pumpfast.
I guess that is possible,it's just that after having UC for 30, I've never had any joint pain, and it started after I was much better. Oh well, I'll just wait and see.

I'm sure it must be a side effect, but I've been on oral mesamaline for 13 years with no side effects, and then 5 weeks of enemas before the joint pain. My feet are so sore, it is hard to walk and I walk for exercise everyday, and am a very active person, play tennis, etc. I hope I don't have rhematoid arthritis.

So you have had joint pain after the flare, when you were doing better? Maybe it is just the disease progression and not any medicine. Do you still have joint pain? I am hoping this will go away. I know nothing about Rheumatoid arthritis, except it is bad and degenerative, I am hoping this is not it. I will wait until I'm off the rowasa for a week or so and then call my Dr. Are you still on the enemas even though you are in remission?

In previous flares, I took Cortenemas for maybe 2 weeks with success, and another time for 3 months before I was in remission. Then I've been 5 years with no problems. This flare, I did do 4 weeks of them with no relief, that is when the Dr. changed me to Rowasa enemas. It took about 2 weeks to bring improvement. Other than Pentasa (oral mesamaline) I am on no other meds or supplements. I guess I want to see if the joint problems improve without the Rowasa and if they do, then I know what it is. If not, it's back to the drawing board and find out what is causing the pain.