MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

Quick update - after taking the Asacol for a few weeks I decided that a) it wasn't working & b) I was mildly allergic to it. The Dr said she wasn't surprised that it didn't really work but that she was hoping it would since it's pretty much the only drug that's safe during pregnancy - the more e...

A quick update. After taking the Asacol for a few weeks, I decided that 1) it wasn't working and 2) I was mildly allergic. I contacted my Dr, who advised me to stop taking it. She said that Asacol isn't really that effective for many people, but that it is pretty much the only safe drug during pregn...

Oh, and the baby is due in May - it's a girl!

Thanks everyone! Really glad to have found this website! I had a visit with my OB today & he was reassuring about the Asacol. He said basically the vast majority of medications don't pass into the placenta, and especially a drug like Asacol which works in the intestines he thought should be fine...

Hi - I'm new here. I've always had some GI "issues", but when I got pregnant 4 months ago and stopped smoking, things got really bad. Three months later, I got a diagnosis of lymphocytic colitis. So, I'm just starting to try to figure out what to do. Immodium didn't work, so the Dr. put me...