Can I take Asacol with Apriso or is that just too much medicine?

CoLah

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Joined : Feb 2012

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Posted 4/24/2012 10:10 PM (GMT 0)

Hi all,

My GI switched me from Asacol to Apriso about 8 weeks ago basically so I could just take 4 pills in the morning and be done with it. Well, my symptoms are still kicking my butt, and I think that I found *some* benefit to taking the Apriso but also adding in 1 800mg Asacol (which I still have) at bedtime. By doing this, am I going past the maximum dose for mesalamines? Is this okay, d'ya think?

Ta and take care,
Lisa

fruitgirl

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Posted 4/25/2012 12:23 PM (GMT 0)

Probably not, since Apriso has a much lower dose of mealamine than Asacol. Did your symptoms get worse when you switched? It might be that for right now, you need a higher dose of mesalamine, so maybe it would be best to just switch back to Asacol. I'd call your doc if I were you.

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