Asacol 500 mg Mesalazine Suppositories 20 Count

Please note that the doctor may have prescribed the medicine for a different use and/or with a different dosage than stated in the package insert.

• • Always follow your doctor prescribing indicated on the pharmacy label.

• • Asacol contains the active substance mesalazine, which is an anti-inflammatory drug used in the treatment of rectal inflammation ( ulcerative proctitis ).

• • Mesalazine inhibits local inflammation (inflammation) in the intestine.

How To Use:

• • Always use this medicine exactly as your doctor has told you. Contact a doctor or pharmacist if you are unsure.

The recommended dose is:

• • Adults and elderly people

• • The normal dose is 500 mg 2 times a day, the dose can be increased to 3 times a day in more difficult cases.

Use of Asacol in children and adolescents:

• • There is little experience and only limited documentation for the effect on children.

• • The doctor’s dosage instructions must always be followed .

Instructions for use:

• • Empty the bowel before inserting the suppository.

• • Wash your hands.

• • Remove the plastic sleeve around the suppository and take out the suppository.

• • Lie on your side and pull your knees up towards your chest.

• • Insert the suppository as far as possible with the flat end first into the rectal opening with the index or middle finger.

• • Stretch your legs and lie still for a few minutes (if possible).

• • If you feel like you have to push the suppository out, try to resist this feeling by lying still and pinching your bottom.

• • It is important that you keep the suppository in the rectum so that it melts and the medicine can be absorbed by the body.

• • The suppository should be kept in the rectum for as long as possible to ensure optimal effect.

• • If the suppository comes out before 10 minutes have passed, you should insert a new one into the rectum .

• Wash your hands.

Ingredients:

• The active ingredient is mesalazine.