Met with New GI Doc

I switched from Asacol to Apriso, which is another once-daily mesalamine drug. I LOVE it! I was having trouble remembering my noon dose (even with an alarm on my cell phone, as it seemed I often had nothing to drink with me when it went off) and I know a major reason patients have recurring flares is because of not taking meds, either b/c they forget or b/c they don't want to take them. At any rate, I haven't noticed any problems at all; in fact, I think I'm in a more solid remission since switching. I was often finding whole pills or pills that had split open but still had a lot of medicine in them in my stool when I was on Asacol--I chose Apriso over Lialda as Apriso starts to dissolve at a lower pH than Asacol. I haven't noticed any traces of medicine in my stool since switching.

So, whether my remission seems more solid due to the switch to Apriso, or simply because more time has passed since my flare and my colon is more healed, who knows!

You might have some symptoms such as diarrhea from doubling it. I would suggest you up it slower...start with 3 for a week, then go to 4.

You should also be on rectal meds...did he mention anything about that?

Hope this has you feeling better soon.

q

but, remember your rectum will always be inflamed, and if you see any improvement, you might igmore those symptoms.

As well...you might not really need as high of Lialda as assumed if rectal meds are used.

With PSC..now, this is MY perspective...you want your colon as quiet as possible.

Reconsider the rectal meds....

quincy