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!
Octasa whole tablets in poo! - Crohn's and Colit...
Octasa whole tablets in poo!
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Are you sure it's not just the outer empty casing rather than complete tablet, it's common for that to happen.
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.
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
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.
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.