MESACOL

Dosage : Tablet
Contains : Mesalazine
Category : Antiflatulents, anti-inflammatories
Uses : intestinal inflammation
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Mesacol contains Mesalazine. Mesalazine, also known as Mesalamine or 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA), is an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat inflammation of the digestive tract ulcerative colitis and mild to moderate Crohn’s disease. Mesalazine Belongs to the class of aminosalicylic acid and similar antiinflammatory. Used in the treatment of intestinal inflammation.

 

Mesacol is product from Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited.  Sun pharma is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, that manufactures and sells pharmaceutical formulations and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) primarily in India and the United States. The company offers formulations in various therapeutic areas, such as cardiology, psychiatry, neurology, gastroenterology and diabetology. It also provides APIs such as warfarin, carbamazepine, etodolac, and clorazepate, as well as anti-cancers, steroids, peptides, sex hormones, and controlled substances

Ulcerative colitis

 

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is one of two conditions classified as inflammatory bowel disease. The other is Crohn’s disease. UC is a lifelong disease that produces inflammation and bleeding ulcers within the inner lining of your large intestine. It generally begins in the rectum and spreads to the colon.

 

UC is the most commonly diagnosed type of colitis. It occurs when the immune system overreacts to bacteria and other substances in the digestive tract, but experts don’t know why this happens.

Dosage

As directed by your physician.

Administration

As directed by your physician

Adverse Reactions/ Side Effects

Abdominal pain (if new abdominal pain – consider pancreatitis); headache, nausea; flu; fatigue; fever, rash; sore throat; diarrhoea; joint pain; dizziness; bloating; back pain; haemorrhoids; itching; rectal pain, constipation; hair loss; intolerance syndrome; peripheral oedema; UTI; myocarditis, pre-existing pericarditis; pancreatitis; nephritis; hepatitis; lupus-like syndrome; alopecia; myalgia, arthralgia; increased liver enzyme values.

Potentially Fatal: Blood dyscrasias, aplastic anaemia, agranulocytosis; renal toxicity.

Warnings and Precautions

Mild to moderate impaired renal or hepatic function (test serum creatinine before treatment, every 3 months for 1st years, every 6 months for next 4 years, then annually). Elderly; active peptic ulcer; pregnancy, lactation; patients predisposed to pericarditis or myocariditis. Counsel patients to report any unexplained bleeding, bruising, purpura, sore throat, fever or malaise during treatment; perform blood count and stop treatment if blood dyscrasias suspected. Counsel patients taking delayed release tablets to report repeatedly unbroken or partially broken tablets in their faeces. Pyloric stenosis may delay release into colon.

Contraindications

Pregnancy

 

Caution when used during pregnancy
Category B: Take as per physician advice

 

Lactation

 

Caution when used during lactation

Hypersensitivity to mesalazine, salicylates and sulfasalazine. Severe impaired renal (CrCl < 20 ml/min) or hepatic function. Children <2 years.

Drug Interactions

Do not give with lactulose or other drugs which lower pH for they prevent release of mesalazine. May decrease digoxin absorption.

Overdosage

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Storage

Oral

Tablets: store at below 25°C. Capsule: protect from light and store at 15-30°C.

Rectal

Store <25°C; may be refrigerated; do not freeze. Protect from direct heat, light and humidity.

Mechanism of Action

Mesalazine is considered to be the active moiety of sulfasalazine. The mechanism of action is uncertain, but may be due to its ability to inhibit local chemical mediators of the inflammatory response especially leukotriene synthesis in the GI mucosa. Action may be topical in terminal ileum and colon rather than systemic.

References

https://www.mims.com/india/drug/info/mesacol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Pharmaceutical

https://www.healthline.com/health/colitis#types-and-causes

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