Pentasa Information
What's inside Pentasa
Pentasa Active Ingredients: mesalamine, details.| Pentasa Dosages & Strengths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strength | Format | Route | Strength | Class |
| Pentasa 250 mg | capsule, extended release | oral | 1.0 each | OTC |
| Pentasa 500 mg | capsule, extended release | oral | 1.0 each | OTC |
Recent Pentasa Side Effects
Posted by jaya1139 about 1 month ago
hair loss, weight gain, headache, uneasiness in the chest,tiredness
Posted by patriciakay 4 months ago
I have been taking 8 500 mg caps of pentasa a day for over seven years for what doctors told me was Crohn's Disease. I just found out that I don't have Crohn's Disease and I am in shock not to mention that I have lost over fifty pounds and in bad stomach and back pain. What is going on. I will add that the four day hospital stay has really hurt me emotionally, money wise and I am heart sick. Patricia
Posted by gd1 6 months ago
I took 1g of Pentasa twice a day for a week I couldn't stop urinating and I would also break out in sweat it would be running off me by the end of the week I started having terrible diarrhea it never stopped for three days if I dran water it came straight through me I had to see the consultant who told me to double the dose to 2g twice a day I managed 3 doses I was so ill I couldn't move my shoulders or my neck and I had terrible chest pains I thought I was dying I was told to stop taking them and my symptoms stopped 2 weeks later I am still weak and absolutely shattered. I wouldn't want to ever take them again
Pentasa in the News
Out of the Gate: Shire Rises on Upgrade - CNNMoney.com
Sales of Lialda, which treats colon ulcers, are also strong, but have not decreased sales of another Shire drug, Pentasa, Neibor wrote.
Wed Jan 09 10:26:37 +0000 2008
Arrested: Suspect in prescription drug scam case - WFIE-TV
Thirty-year-old Amram Lashenda Bilal of Headland, AL was arrested for allegedly trying to get the drugs Levothyroxine, Hydrocodone, Pentasa and Metroprolol ...
Thu Jan 03 20:27:08 +0000 2008
Shire snaps up Alba's gastrointestinal drug for $325m - DrugResearcher.com
... to bring these novel therapies to patients." Shire already has a number of mesalamine-related gastrointestinal drugs, including Lialda/Mezavant and Pentasa.
Mon Dec 17 07:56:31 +0000 2007
Pentasa Chemical Information
mesalamine - An agent derived from sulfasalazine, an antiinflammatory agent. Mesalamine may reduce inflammation through inhibition of cyclooxygenase and prostaglandin production. Following rectal or oral administration, only a small amount of mesalamine is absorbed; the remainder, acting topically, reduces bowel inflammation, diarrhea, rectal bleeding and stomach pain. (NCI04)
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