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doubled my mesalazine, seeing it in the toilet

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Joel53242
Joel53242

So my nurse got me to double my mesalazine dose (Mezavant XL) when I came off steroids as things got a little bit bumpy the first few days off steroids and she didn't want to risk me flaring over the holidays when I wouldn't be able to get hold of her. All my symptoms have stayed pretty calm but now i'm noticing a fair bit of the mesalazine white powder and case mixed into my solid poop. (I'd say i'm noticing about 1 pills worth mixed into the poop - i'm taking 4 pills a day, 2 in the morning 2 in the evening). Is this because my body has too much of it to know what to do with it?

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  • mark96199
    mark96199 Joel53242

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    Same happened to me , they put me on Pentasa slow release granules. Seems to be working for me. Good luck

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