Question for Charlene / WAS Re: bad night

[Guest guest]

Charlene, you said:

> ... the 5-ASA's don't seem to have a good track record. Elaine always

> prefered the Sulphasalazine if you could tolerate it. I could not so

> I take Salofalk which is also a 5-ASA except time released

> differently. It's a thought.

I am new to anti-inflammatories. My son has recently been put on

Mesalamine, which is Pentasa (compounded in pure water to avoid his

many allergens). I would like to learn more about these drugs. He's

been on Mesalamine for 16 days, and during that time the only change

we've seen is increased stools - he now has 4 or 5 small, pellety

poops throughout the day, and usually one large soft one. He used to

have just one med-large soft or firm poop per day (his stools all

became undigested 1 month after starting SCD).

Can you expand on the reasons Elaine preferred sulfasalazine? What is

Salofalk? Do you know if they can be compounded?

Thanks!

Suzanne

Tom, ASD, SCD 93 days

[Guest guest]

Suzanne (that's my sister's name )

Elaine preferred Sulphasalazine to 5-ASA's because, now I am no doctor or

biochemist so forgive me if I don't use all the right terms, its the sulpha

that tricks the bacteria into thinking that it's iron and then the bacteria

binds itself to the sulpha. In 5-ASA's the sulpha has been removed.

Now that being said, sulpha can be a very sensitive thing to take. I tried

it, even weaned on it really slow as per Dr. Present's intructions but it

was really bad for me. I felt horrible after taking it. Like someone had

beat me up with a crow bar in the gut.

I was on Asacol, tried the sulphasalazine, then went back on Asacol. Ended

up in hospital and the Asacol did not work(came out whole) so my doc

switched me to Salofalk (5-ASA) and I have been on it ever since. It seems

to work for me and out of all the 5-ASA's I think, anecdotally it has the

best track record.

Here is the link;

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/knowledge_base/kb/azulfidine_and_asacol.\

htm

Hope this helps you.

Charlene

UC 8 years

SCD 5 1/2 years

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> I am new to anti-inflammatories. My son has recently been put on

> Mesalamine, which is Pentasa (compounded in pure water to avoid his

> many allergens). I would like to learn more about these drugs. He's

> been on Mesalamine for 16 days, and during that time the only change

> we've seen is increased stools - he now has 4 or 5 small, pellety

> poops throughout the day, and usually one large soft one. He used to

> have just one med-large soft or firm poop per day (his stools all

> became undigested 1 month after starting SCD).

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> Can you expand on the reasons Elaine preferred sulfasalazine? What is

> Salofalk? Do you know if they can be compounded?

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> Thanks!

> Suzanne

> Tom, ASD, SCD 93 days

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> For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

> _Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

> websites:

> http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

> and

> http://www.pecanbread.com

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