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Posted 1/17/2014 8:07 AM (GMT 0)
Hello!

Another quick question (as usual from me)

Do you take Asacol with food? I know all the labels say it can be taken without, but I also know having your system try to break any medication down without food can be difficult. I don't seem to have any troubles, but wondering if that could change if I don't?

I currently take 3 tablets, 4 times a day.
Posted 1/17/2014 1:09 PM (GMT 0)
When I was on Asacol, I just took it with my meals. Now that I'm on Apriso (it's a once-daily mesalamine), I take it with breakfast. I did/do it that way because it's easier to remember.
Posted 1/17/2014 1:29 PM (GMT 0)
I don't know what your exact condition is but I noticed when I have formed stools it was better to take the Asacol without meals. If I took it with meals I found them unused more often inside my formed stools. If you don't have formed stools you could take it anytime. That's my take on it anyway.
Posted 1/17/2014 5:49 PM (GMT 0)
It really doesn't matter when you take them....they travel at a different time than your food and don't break open until it reaches a certain PH in the intestines.

I take the morning one after I eat, the night one on a mostly empty stomach sometime before bedtime.
My schedule of eating and bedtime varies....

Call the doctor and see if you can split the dosage to twice a day. I think you'll get more benefit that way.

q
Posted 1/17/2014 8:15 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for your suggestions. I did notice that they take a long time to break down. One time I took them at 7PM, and ended up puking 6 hours later, and they all came back up full formed :/

I had just read some people's post on here that they took it without food and it caught up to them over a long time and they had lots of heart burn issues, etc.

@quincy I think I will ask to split it. I used to take 4, 3 times a day because my GI had wanted that, but my Dr reversed the instructions on the bottle of asacol and when I went to the hospital one time (not at home) they gave me a huge lecture on how I should take 3, 4 times a day because that's what the instructions said - even though my GI wanted 4, 3 times a day.

Sorry that's confusing :/
Posted 1/17/2014 8:44 PM (GMT 0)
Where do you get 400 mg Asacols? They were discontinued about a year ago. Anyway, my doctor prescribed me 4, three times per day and I told him it worked better for me doing 3, four times per day. He said that was a good idea.
Posted 1/17/2014 9:05 PM (GMT 0)
garylouisville, are you american? I'm from Canada, not sure if that makes a difference or adds to the explanation that I get 400mg Asacols.
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