Asacol
Asacol is a digestive health medication containing Mesalazine, available as 400mg tablets.
- Category
- Digestive Health
- Active ingredient
- Mesalazine
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Gastro-resistant tablet
- Strengths
- 400mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Asacol vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Ulcerative colitis
- Alternative Name
- Octasa, Salofalk, Mezavant
- Therapeutic Class
- Aminosalicylate
- Pharmacological Class
- Anti-inflammatory
- Known Off-label Uses
- crohn's disease
- Minor Side Effects
- headache, nausea, diarrhoea
- Moderate Side Effects
- rash, abdominal pain, arthralgia
- Dosage Forms
- Gastro-resistant tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Available without prescription
- Originator
- Tillotts Pharma
- Onset Time
- 1–2 weeks
- Duration
- Ongoing treatment
- Storage Instructions
- Store below 25°C in a dry place.
- Drug Interactions
- azathioprine, mercaptopurine
- Age Restrictions
- Consult physician for use in children.
What you will receive
Asacol is the originator brand name, made by Tillotts Pharma. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with Tillotts Pharma and do not ship the original Asacol.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Mesalazine) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.