Pentasa enemas vs suppositories for urgency

Does the suppository work as well as the enema's? I find the suppository a lot easier.

I think the enemas go further, so it depends on how far your inflammation extends. I think suppositories are most effective for proctitis limited to the rectum but enemas are preferred for treating the lower colon.

My doctor told me that the suppositories work exactly the same as the enemas. That, of course, is not true. You don't have to know much about physics and biology to know that a fairly small, viscous suppository isn't going to get up any further than the rectum, whereas a large volume liquid enema has the potential to coat an area quite a bit higher.

I've done both the enemas and the suppositories. Like you, I find the suppositories much easier (I switched to the supps from the enemas when I was having a hemorrhoid flare and sticking the sharp plastic applicator up there was tearing them up). I also feel like they are more "targeted" to the rectum - I think if you have proctitis supps would be best because then you have all the med concentrated in your rectum vs. a diluted solution floating around in your lower colon where there may not be any inflammation.

But if you have disease that extends further than the rectum, the enemas are probably better. If my doctor would let me, I'd do a supp in the morning and an enema at night.

Well I don't know where to get the prescriptions if not from my doctor... She will only prescribe one or the other.

They both serve a purpose.......just know when to use them effectively.
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