PENTASA

Pentasa Information

Pentasa is a popular medicine that is more commonly known under the generic name of Mesalamine. This product is known to be able to affect a substance that sometimes occurs in the human organism, causing tissue damage, inflammation, and diarrhea.

Pentasa Indications

Pentasa Warnings

Before you start a treatment with this medicine you should alert your personal health care specialist if you are suffering from any sort of liver or kidney disorders, or if you have known allergic reactions to aspirin, as you might not be allowed to start a treatment with Pentasa or you might have to be given a lower dose of this drug. Furthermore, your treatment with this medicine should be closely monitored by an authorized health care provider, meaning that you will probably have to undergo various medical exams to see how your body responds to the treatment.  

If you find undissolved pills of Pentasa in your stool you should alert your personal physician as soon as possible. Some medical disorders are known to harmfully interfere with a treatment with this medicine. Alert your personal doctor if you are suffering from any of the medical conditions that are listed below:

• history of known allergic reaction to sulfasalazine (Azulfidine);
• a stomach disorder known as pyloric stenosis;
• kidney disorder;
• heart disorders like congestive heart failure;
• liver disease.

Pentasa is a category B FDA pregnancy drug. Therefore, a treatment with this product during pregnancy is not supposed to harm a growing fetus in any way. However, you should ask your personal health care provider if it is safe to start a treatment with this product (Pentasa) in case you are pregnant. It has been determined that this medicine’s main components are able to pass into the patient’s breast milk (this could severely harm a nursing infant). Therefore, female patients who are breastfeeding a baby should not start using Pentasa without first consulting it with their personal health care specialist. Children and elderly patients are known to be more prone to developing this drug’s side effects.

Pentasa Intake Guidelines

Ask your personal health care provider to give you a set of precise directions regarding your treatment with this medicine. Do not deviate from any of your physician’s instructions. In case you fail to understand some of them, you should ask a nurse or a pharmacist for further explanations and / or directions. In case you want to know more about Pentasa you should consult the drug’s label.

Each dose of this product (Pentasa) should be accompanied by a full glass of liquid (juice or water). You may take your doses of this medicine wither on a full or on an empty stomach, as it is not supposed to cause any unpleasant stomach upset. However, if you have a sensitive stomach you should take Pentasa with milk or food.

It is important to avoid chewing, crushing or breaking your pills of this medicine (try to take the capsule as a whole), as they have been especially designed to gradually release their ingredients after passing through your stomach. Store this medicine in a place that is far from the reach of both pets and children, away from heat, moisture and direct sunlight. Do not keep it in the bathroom or near the kitchen sink.

Pentasa Dosage

Pentasa Overdose

If you suspect that you might be experiencing overdose with Pentasa you should seek medical care as soon as possible. Alert your personal physician and your local poison control centre at once. The average symptoms that could be triggered by such a medical conditions include dizziness, ringing in the patient’s ears, drowsiness, diarrhea, headache, confusion, breath shortness, vomiting and / or sweating.

Pentasa Missed Dose

It is important to take your doses of Pentasa at their due time. However, if you miss taking one of them, you should use it a soon as possible. If it is time for another prescribed dose, skip the one that you have missed and proceed with your regular dosing schedule. Do not use double doses of this product without your physician’s approval.

Pentasa Side Effects

Stop your treatment with Pentasa if you develop cramping, severe stomach pain, bloody diarrhea, headache, fever, etc.

Pentasa Drug Reactions

During your treatment with Pentasa you should avoid taking any of the medicines that are listed below:

• mercaptopurine (Purinethol) or azathioprine (Imuran);
• pentamidine (Pentam, Nebupent);
• tacrolimus (Prograf);
• amphotericin B (AmBisome, Fungizone, Abelcet, Amphotec);
• antiviral drugs;
• antibiotics;
• aspirin;
• cancer medications.

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