Pentasa for Ulcerative Proctitis User Reviews
- Ama...
- April 2, 2016
"I've been using Pentasa 2 times a day, a total of 4 pills. It definitely helps! Sometimes I get headaches and feel sick, and sometimes I occasionally get pain, and for some reason, ever since I started taking them, I get these weird skin patches."
- Bre...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- August 3, 2022
"I have a stoma now due to a blocked bowel (diverticulitis). I now have proctitis. Pentasa suppositories definitely stopped the rectal bleeding, but as soon as I reduced then stopped, it came back. The doctor has put me back on it."
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- Aan...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- September 15, 2018
"Was prescribed the Salofalk suppositories first, which worked a charm, but then the pharmacy ran out, so I’ve been using Pentasa (same dosage), and they don’t seem to be working much at all."
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"I was diagnosed with UC last year. I was both on Pentasa 8x500 mg daily plus daily Salofalk suppositories. I can’t say anything about Pentasa tablets, but Salofalk worked very well. Unfortunately, Salofalk is not available anymore and I had to switch to Pentasa suppositories, which are the worst. I am wondering if any of these drugmakers ever used Pentasa suppositories. I bet they didn’t! It is very hard to use, and I prefer bleeding a lot than being mentally depressed by using it (very irritating and very uncomfortable, plus it doesn’t dissolve and irritates the area badly). I am missing Salofalk a lot!!"