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Octasa whole tablets in poo!

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Has anyone had any experience of passing Octasa 800mg or any other tablet out whole in your poo? I have been on 2.4g of Octasa since 2019 and never noticed this before, but haven’t been feeling 100 percent the past few days and happened to notice it last night. Phoned GP this morn who wasn’t too concerned, but my fear is they aren’t being absorbed properly. Any thoughts or experiences appreciated! Thanking you all in advance!

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bantam12

Are you sure it's not just the outer empty casing rather than complete tablet, it's common for that to happen.

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Bigchiefld in reply tobantam12

Thanks for your reply. It could well be, I didn’t dig too deeply 😂 will continue to keep an eye and see!

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dbar126

Yes, my pills were all going right through me whole. Ends up I am now diagnosed with malabsorption. My GI swithched me to humira which I believe is beginning to work. :)

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Bigchiefld in reply todbar126

Thanks for your reply. I am waiting for gastro to get back to me today. Hoping it’s nothing major as I have been pretty settled lately 🤞

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dbar126 in reply toBigchiefld

Best of luck to my friend, after suffering so long with this I'm gglad you caught it early! :) :)

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Bigchiefld in reply todbar126

Thank you. Glad the Humira is working for you. Best of luck 😀

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Honey456

Hi I had this passing tablets whole my consultant wasn’t to bothered but they weren’t working for me either I now take pantasa in granule form and am so much better

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Bigchiefld in reply toHoney456

Thank you for replying. It’s good you are finding the granules are working better for you and that there’s another option if it comes to that.

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Shoeysmum

Yes, this occasionally happens to me when I have to make a run for the loo. Like you've said, I don't investigate whether it's a whole tablet or just the outer shell but, because I've had to dash to the toilet soon after taking my meds, I suspect it's the whole tablet. Mine is Asacol but I guess it's the same thing - mesalazine.

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Bigchiefld in reply toShoeysmum

Thank you for your reply. Those urgent dashes are literally a pain in the bum aren’t they?! Take care

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Heston

Hello, I started taking Iron in liquid form as I was feeling tired. The next I noticed whole Pantasa 800 tablet in my stool. I have stopped taking the iron and things are back to normal the next day.

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