my husband been taking asacol for 2 yrs. and over that 2 yrs all of his joints became very stif and
painful his neck sholders arms wrist knees all over so he took it upon himself and gave up the pills and within 2 weeks he was 99 percent better.. do u think that thease pills would do that to him he got colities.he was taking 6 a day of asacol 400mg
Dawn, Asacol is an anti-inflammatory, so I doubt very much that the symptoms you've described are related to this drug. However, the symptoms do seem a lot like some of the extra-intestinal symptoms common in IBD.
Has your husband been sharing the joint issues with his doctor? It might be a good idea for your husband to be reassessed by his GI doc. Asacol (mesalamine) doesn't help everyone, and stopping the Asacol probably didn't have anything to do with the joint symptoms going away at that particular time; IBD flares tend to come and go rather mysteriously, it seems.
My best to your husband,
Hope
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