Messalazine help.

I've never been told to take my mesalamine a half an hour before food. I'm on a once-daily dosing one (Apriso) and I take it with breakfast each morning. The most important thing to do it to take it at roughly the same time each day, so pick a time when you won't forget, and either leave notes in places that you'll see them or set alarms on your cell phone (or whatever) to also help remind you. Pretty soon, it'll become part of your normal routine.

I take mine in the morning and just before I go to sleep. I just checked my pack and doesn't say anything about being with food.