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Asacol and bloating

Sun, February 22, 2009 4:46 PM

Hi everyone;

Just wondering if it is normal to have bloating with Asacol. I am going for a checkup in March. Is this something to discuss with the doctor? I am not a large person, about 120 and 5'6". My stomach lately seem to bulge out right after I wake up in the morning. Haven't been going too well lately either. I am trying some fiber powder to help move things along.

Any suggestions out there will be helpful.

Sincerely,

Marjie

mtaylor
Joined Jul 31, 2008

Thu, March 26, 2009 10:48 PM

Reply posted for betternow.

Hi;

I just received a reply from another UCI cohort. She also has bloating with Asacol. We are all different.

Marjie

mtaylor
Joined Jul 31, 2008

Thu, March 26, 2009 10:45 PM

Reply posted for ElizabethRN.

Dear Elizabeth;

I did just tell my doctor that and he had no connection to the drug Asacol that it would cause bloating. I think he just wanted me to not think it can cause bloating. Sometimes I wonder if they really know how a drug can individually affect a person. We may have the same side effects. We are all human beings and react to things differently. Thank you for returning to my dilemma. We will carry on and I know you will too. Keep the faith sister.

Marjie

mtaylor
Joined Jul 31, 2008

Wed, March 25, 2009 2:59 PM

Reply posted for Mtaylor.

I bloat from Asacol too. I have always had this side effect from the drug.

Liz

elizabethrn
Joined Mar 23, 2009

Thu, February 26, 2009 11:14 PM

Reply posted for loreli115.

Dear Lorilei;

I wish you the best on your recovery. Forgot to add this. I care about others that have to deal with what we go through everyday.

M.Taylor

mtaylor
Joined Jul 31, 2008

Thu, February 26, 2009 11:12 PM

Reply posted for loreli115.

Thank you Lorilei;

I have been diagnosed for colitis and not Chrons. Now I am wondering. I go back to the doctor on the 24th of March. He is the kind of doctor that if I took copies of you and others reply, he would give me a reason not to believe others like us that have to live with it. If he does, I will get a second opinion and go elsewhere. Where I live, I would have to go to Seattle, Wa., but it might be worth it. Some of these doctors only think they can save the world. But our world is not always what they know.

Thank you so much for responding.

Marjie Taylor

mtaylor
Joined Jul 31, 2008

Thu, February 26, 2009 1:00 AM

Reply posted for Mtaylor.

I am taking Asacol and I do have some bloating but I just thought it was part of Chron's. Asacol is the only medicine I have been on (diagnosed 12/08) so I really don't have anything else to compare it to.

loreli115
Joined Jan 18, 2009

Tue, February 24, 2009 11:05 PM

Reply posted for Mtaylor.

Hi better now;

You may have given me some valuable information and I thank you.

mtaylor
Joined Jul 31, 2008

Tue, February 24, 2009 11:04 PM

Reply posted for Mtaylor.

Hi;

I appreciate your reply. I must be flaring and really do not know the problem. The Asacol hasn't done this either all along. That is why I was

wondering.

Thanks

Marjie

mtaylor
Joined Jul 31, 2008

Mon, February 23, 2009 1:00 AM

Reply posted for Mtaylor.

So I was reading your entry and I find myself confused. I have been on Asacol for 8 years now. I must say that I have never had bloating due to the drug. I have however, been bloated when I was flaring. Perhaps you need to see how your disease right now. I haven't heard anything else as far as anyone else having this symptom. You should ask your doctor. Good luck!

betternow
Joined Jan 22, 2009

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