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Working with Your Doctor
Get the care you need for your ulcerative colitis
To get the most out of your UC treatment, it is important that you work closely with your doctor.
Working with your doctor is a true team effort: Your doctor is the best person to suggest the right medications for you to take, and you are the best person to tell your doctor exactly how you're feeling. Working together as a team may help improve your results.
- Make doctor appointments specifically to address your UC
- Consider keeping a calendar specifically to help you keep track of your UC symptoms. This will help you monitor how your UC is affecting your day to day and see what treatment options are working
- Remember to record and tell your doctor about all flares—even flares that you consider minor and manageable on your own (without your doctor's involvement)
- Provide complete and truthful answers to questions your doctor asks; for example, if you haven't been taking your medication as prescribed, let him or her know why
- Come prepared with questions or concerns you can ask the doctor to address during the visit
- Do not miss scheduled appointments
- If you sometimes forget about appointments or travel is a problem, ask a family member or friend to help you out
Download these Quick Facts About Lialda to share with your doctor.
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You should not take Lialda if you are allergic to salicylates (including mesalamine or aspirin) or to any of the ingredients of Lialda. Tell your doctor if you have a stomach blockage or are allergic to sulfasalazine. Mesalamine has been associated with a syndrome that may be difficult to distinguish from an ulcerative colitis flare-up. If you experience cramping, abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, fever, headache or rash, talk to your doctor immediately. Some patients taking mesalamine have reported heart-related hypersensitivity reactions, such as inflammation of the heart muscle and inflammation of the lining of the heart. Tell your doctor if you have problems with your liver or kidneys. In worldwide clinical trials, Lialda was generally well tolerated. The most common adverse events were headache and flatulence. As with other medications, some serious side effects may occur. Less than 1% of patients experienced inflammation of the pancreas, which led to discontinuation of therapy with Lialda. Please see Lialda Full Prescribing Information Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe | For Health Care Professionals
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