Mesalazin Orion
Mesalazin Orion is a medicine containing mesalazine that helps treat ulcerative colitis, a type of inflammatory bowel disease.
Form
enterotabletti
Strength
1000 mg
Active Ingredient
Mesalazine
Manufacturer
Faes Farma S.A.
How to Use
Dosage
Your doctor will tell you the right dose. For active disease, it's usually 1.5 to 4 grams per day. For preventing new symptoms, it's usually 1.5 to 3 grams per day. You can take it once a day or in divided doses.
Method
Take the tablets whole with liquid before meals. Do not split, chew, or crush them.
Important
The highest dose you can take in a day is 4 grams for acute treatment and 3 grams for preventing new symptoms, as directed by your doctor.
Possible Side Effects
RARE
- •Abdominal pain, diarrhea, gas, nausea, and vomiting.
- •Headache, dizziness.
- •Chest pain, shortness of breath, or swelling in limbs due to heart changes.
- •Increased skin sensitivity to sunlight and UV light (photosensitivity).
- •Kidney problems, sometimes with limb swelling or pain in the side.
- •Severe abdominal pain due to sudden pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas).
- •Worsening of colitis symptoms.
- •Fever, sore throat, or nausea due to changes in blood counts.
- •Shortness of breath, cough, wheezing, and lung changes seen on X-ray due to allergic or inflammatory lung conditions.
- •Diarrhea and severe abdominal pain due to an allergic reaction to the medicine in the bowel.
- •Rash or skin inflammation.
- •Muscle and joint pain.
- •Jaundice or abdominal pain due to liver or bile duct problems.
- •Hair loss and baldness.
- •Erythema multiforme (a severe skin rash).
- •Numbness or tingling in fingers and toes (peripheral neuropathy).
- •Reversible decrease in sperm production.
- •Blood count disorders.
- •Kidney stones and related kidney pain.
- •Severe skin reactions such as DRESS, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN).
Important Warnings
- Do not take if you are allergic to mesalazine, aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid), other salicylates, or any other ingredient in this medicine.
- Do not take if you have a condition that causes easy bleeding or if you have severe kidney or liver problems.
- If you develop allergic symptoms like rash, itching, cramps, stomach pain, severe headache or fever, stop taking the medicine and contact your doctor immediately.
- Stop treatment and seek medical help immediately if you experience severe skin reactions such as widespread rash, fever, or blistering (e.g., DRESS, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, TEN).
- Contact your doctor immediately if you experience severe or persistent headache, vision problems, or ringing in your ears.
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- Drink enough water while taking this medicine to help prevent kidney stones.
- Tell your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or breastfeeding.
- Inform your doctor if you have liver or kidney issues, a lung disease (like asthma), had an allergy to sulfasalazine, a stomach or bowel ulcer, or a heart muscle inflammation.
Use in Elderly Patients
Category C
Suitable for older adults, with specific precautions. Consider renal impairment. Do not use in severe renal impairment. Remember blood tests to monitor safety. (updated 20.5.2024)