Asacol, delayed-release mesalamine tablets, celebrated their fifteenth year on the market on Wednesday January 31st. This is longer than any other ulcerative colitis medicine! It is always comforting to see a drug pass the tests of time (you probably remember the recent Celebrex and Vioxx, used as medications for many inflammatory ailments, problems that hit the news after they were on the market for ~7 years). This is of particular interest to me as it is the medication that I used to induce remission of my UC and that I currently take to maintain remission and my active lifestyle. The Asacol brand, owned by Proctor & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, sent out a news release that was reported in many papers around the world. Check out the report and the cool quote by an ulcerative colitis patient, me ;-). It can be read here [link] in Yahoo! Finance.
03 February 2007
Happy Birthday Asacol!!! - Mile 85
Asacol, delayed-release mesalamine tablets, celebrated their fifteenth year on the market on Wednesday January 31st. This is longer than any other ulcerative colitis medicine! It is always comforting to see a drug pass the tests of time (you probably remember the recent Celebrex and Vioxx, used as medications for many inflammatory ailments, problems that hit the news after they were on the market for ~7 years). This is of particular interest to me as it is the medication that I used to induce remission of my UC and that I currently take to maintain remission and my active lifestyle. The Asacol brand, owned by Proctor & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, sent out a news release that was reported in many papers around the world. Check out the report and the cool quote by an ulcerative colitis patient, me ;-). It can be read here [link] in Yahoo! Finance.
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