What is Mesalamine?
Mesalamine, a derivative of 5-aminosalicylic acid, is an anti-inflammatory agent. Orally it is used to treat and maintain remission of mild to moderate ulcerative colitis. Rectal administration is used to treat active mild-to-moderate distal ulcerative colitis, proctosigmoiditis, or proctitis.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Other | 1 | 0 | |||||
| loose bowels | 1 | 0 |
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Currently Taking Mesalamine
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Report created on November 22, 2009.