Mesalamine
Active Ingredients
- Mesalamine
Manufacturers
- Alaven Pharmaceutical Llc
- Forest Laboratories Llc
- Meda Pharmaceuticals Inc
- Perrigo Israel Pharmaceuticals Ltd
- Shire Development Inc
This report is for all products sharing this active ingredient. For more details, please use our Workbench for research on individual brands like Pentasa.
Explanation
The quarterly trend chart illustrates changing levels of adverse events over time. Results from both the FDA Adverse Event Database (FAERS) and adverse events extracted from social media by Druginformer are plotted side-by-side for easy comparison.
The proportion of people completing user reviews who complained about a side effect.
The proportion of social media adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.
The proportion of FAERS (FDA) adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.
Mesalamine Side Effects
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Overall Alarm |
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* DrugInformer calculates alarm using a proprietary algorithm. Alarm should not be taken as an ofiicial signal from the FDA or other regulatory entity.
Tell us about your Experience with Mesalamine
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Flatulence, Alopecia
Posted By California Patient in fdb.rxlist.com on October 25, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“... would help eliminate that side-effect? In terms of effectiveness, it's been pretty good. I haven't noticed any blood in my stools or had any major flare-ups. A more minor side-effect is gas....”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on October 18, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Pentasa was effective for about 2 years but then I started having intestinal bleeding. I was told by one doctor that it could be caused by the Pentasa because it contains aspirin and I had previously ...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Phil in fdb.rxlist.com on October 7, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Diagnosed with Crohn's in May. Switched from Lialda w/prednisone to Pentasa about a month ago. It's like I'm not taking any medication at all. I had no issues with Lialda. Stayed away from fried food...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Tremor, Fluid retention, Somnolence
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on August 1, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Water retention, fatigue, quivering sometimes and chills--but Lialda gave me back my life and side effects are minor compared to what I was going through. The cost of Lialda i...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Nephrolithiasis
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on July 28, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Took about 5 months for my body to adjust to the Asacol after having been on Sulfazine EC for nearly 20 years. Since Jan. of 2015, have passed 20 kidney stones and all appear to be dir...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on July 28, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: None, I've felt fine. This cleared me right up after having issues for a year. Now I'm nervous because of all the bad reviews. I never liked taking so many pills but my Dr. A...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Flatulence, Constipation, Dry throat
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on July 13, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: dry throat occasionally, some gas pains, and constipation. I take Miralax regularly to deal with constipation. Lialda has been a miracle drug for me. I was on asacol, mesalas...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Headache, Dizziness, Diarrhoea
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on July 12, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Excruciating headaches, diarrhea, and dizziness. This medication sucks and does not control symptoms well. Be careful in paying for a medication that does not do anything for ...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By lil bit in fdb.rxlist.com on June 9, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Was diagnosed last year with "undefinitive UC" Dr. can't tell if it's UC or Chrons, a bit of both so started me on Lialda. Began with 4 pills a day, down to 2, since then broke my shoulder & foot so h...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Musculoskeletal pain, Throat tightness, Oropharyngeal pain
Posted By JA in fdb.rxlist.com on May 28, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side effects: Musculoskeletal pain; sore throat; swelling of hands and feet.”
Additional Drug Information
* Warning: The facts and figures contained in these reports are accurate to the best of our capability; however, our metrics are only meant to augment your medical knowledge, and should never be used as the sole basis for selecting a new medication. As with any medical decision, be sure to work with your doctor to ensure the best choices are made for your condition.
* About FAERS: The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) is used by FDA for activities such as looking for new safety concerns that might be related to a marketed product, evaluating a manufacturer's compliance to reporting regulations and responding to outside requests for information. Reporting of adverse events is a voluntary process, and not every report is sent to FDA and entered into FAERS. The FAERS database may contain duplicate reports, the report quality is variable, and many factors may influence reporting (e.g., media attention, length of time a drug is marketed, market share). For these reasons, FAERS case reports cannot be used to calculate incidence or estimates of risk for a particular product or compare risks between products.
User Voices
The following are comments from users that experienced side effects while taking Mesalamine
Drug Ineffective
“ Didn't work at all”
Source: Asacol
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Did the author experience drug ineffective while taking asacol?
What is this?Condition Aggravated
“Worked for 1st flare in 1996”
Source: Asacol
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Did the author experience condition aggravated while taking asacol?
What is this?Drug Ineffective
“I just started about 2 weeks ago. IT IS NOT WORKING !!”
Source: Asacol
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Did the author experience drug ineffective while taking asacol?
What is this?