Enemas for UC flare - approx dosage???

So you mean actual ounces of the liquid, and not the g of mesalamine? Dosage generally refers more to the g of active ingredient, and you seem to be asking about the volume. Mesalamine enemas are usually 4g/60 mL (so 4 grams of mesalamine with 60 mL total of liquid), although I have heard of 2g enemas on this board. I'm not sure where all they're available, though.

Are you concerned about overdose of mesalmine, or are you concerned your child won't be able to retain 60 mL? If it's the overdosage aspect, I wouldn't at all worry about it, because mealamine is very poorly absorbed, especially when it's in the enema form. If it's the latter, you can simply just use half of an enema at a time. However, I'd at least try using the whole thing - it certainly won't hurt anything, and if she can't retain that much, then at least you'll know.

thank you both. I was concerned about her not being able to hold it in if the total volume was a lot. I didn't think the way it is dispensed we could only use half… that may work. Thanks again!!

Tell your daughter that she's awesome to be doing the enemas...many adults get the willies about them and refuse the help they offer.


To this day I still just don't understand these type of people. We have a disease that requires you to get a 6 foot hose shoved up your back end time and time again, but these same people get the willies about a small enema. I don't think twice, never have about taking an retention enema, but boy when it comes time to prep and go for the colonoscopy that gives me the willies, well not really the willies, just I hate the thought of it all. Wish we had another option. :(

Tell her she has lots of support to use them! It may feel yucky for a few moments afterward, but if she squeezes tight like to hold a poo right after the nozzle has been withdrawn and to lay still, it will pass.

Oh, keep Kleenex or toilet paper to wipe the anus after using it. Just for her to feel clean.

Watching TV or whatever for the first half hour can be nicely distracting.

Keep us posted.

I totally agree with Bad Gut on the prep process...I do hate it too.

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Short answer....absolutely!
I've only used what's in my siggie for 26 years. The longest I've used nightly enemas is 4.months....

please consider that uc starts at the bottom of the rectum, so maybe she doesn't need them isn't what you should be thinking ...unless she's using suppositories.

Hence the statement that the butt rules. If it's not happy, nothing else is ;)
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