Salofalk Granules

Just for info sake...Salofalk granules are sold as Apriso in the US and other places.

I assume that the granules are basically coated in the same way as entire tablets of asacol. If so you need to make sure that they aren't just empty shells. Many people pass bits and hollow shells of asacol.

That said, I tended to pass entire tablets and shells still containing some medicine occasionally when on asacol. I think that is why colazal(colazide) works better for me.

The coating is dependent on PH in the gut to dissolve at the proper rate. I don't think it is off base to think not everyones gut PH is the same or that different motility rates occur.

It's hard for me to say if there is a lot or not since my stool is usually a porridge like consistency, however I would roughly estimate that I see half of the sachets in my stool (again, a very rough estimate). I am averaging around 3 BMs a day.

Would switching oral medication be a better idea? I will pay more attention to what I see in my next BM. Since I just started the medication I cant say whether I am feeling the benefit of the medication yet. I would assume the effect I feel from the medication would be a better indication of whether I am having enough of the medication dissolve in me.

nah, I am in the down under (a.k.a Australia) haha...

Thanks for the reply C_G_K. That's a relief. I will still probably mention it to my GI but I am happy to know I am not the only one noticing the granules in my stool. I get the feeling it probably is normal too but I am the anxious sort and will get my colon in a knot (literally) if I notice even the slightest of problems (probably an attributing factor to my UP ironically O_O).

im glad i saw this because im having the same problem too but i really dont want to ring up my GI team again! i was on pentasa and was getting bad side effects, then was on something else which was big red tablets but they were going straight through me whole and they were big things, then the salofalk which also seems to be in my stools because they look like little seeds. yea im hoping itl be doing something. i take it 3 times a day aswell so i guess it tops it up?