Help with Timings of Medicines/Supplements

Probiotics is a big word. What kind of probiotics are you considering? UC'rs usually need ones with at least 50 billion CFU's or more. I would do the simplest thing possible. Anything you do twice per day I would take at breakfast and dinner and if everything else is once per day I recommend taking them all at breakfast. As a side note, if you are taking the Asacol with meals because that's what it says on the bottle, I don't think that's really necessary. I believe the only reason that is on there is because that is the way it was tested and since they didn't test it on empty stomachs they have to put with food on the prescription. Many UC'rs take Asacol without food. Also, if you are adding these things I highly recommend adding in only one at a time so you know what helps and what doesn't. If you start taking something and it doesn't help then there is no point to continue taking it. Some things can actually make you worse, probiotics and fish oil for example but you won't know what unless you introduce them one at a time.

PLEASE consult your GI, dividing Mesalazine dosage to 2 times for example was far better than 3 times for me,
also your pharmacist for the supplements (i.e multivitamins will irritate an empty stomach )

UC Medications are no secret to anyone but real talent is dosing regimens it can make all the difference.

Edit: for example http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24094599

Post Edited (Dreadsteel) : 9/17/2014 7:49:33 AM (GMT-6)

In order to do much good you really need to take probiotics with CFU counts of at least 50 billion or more. These aren't the cheap kind you buy in the stores. If you divide the price by how many CFU's you get VSL is one of the cheapest but for one bottle of 60 capsules you will pay around $60. They also make double strength satchets which are more expensive but have an even higher CFU count. The double strength is sometimes covered by insurance but you need a prescription for it. Most of the time insurance does not cover it. VSL is probably the most studied and effective probiotic for UC.