I have been taking two sachets of the pentasa granules for about six months.
After about a month or so of starting this medication I noticed I was becoming a bit breathless, this gradually developed into a wheeze.This wheeze is mainly in the morning, after I've been up for maybe an hour it all loosens and after half an hours coughing my chest is relatively clear. I'm still experiencing some breathlessness though.
I've had a chest X-ray which came back clear.
I have a 40 minute appointment with the asthma nurse at my surgery tomorrow.
I understand that pentasa is from the same family as aspirin, I know aspirin can cause susceptible people to wheeze or develope asthma.
My question is, has anyone who takes, or has taken, pentasa developed similar chest problems?
Thank you x
After about a month or so of starting this medication I noticed I was becoming a bit breathless, this gradually developed into a wheeze.This wheeze is mainly in the morning, after I've been up for maybe an hour it all loosens and after half an hours coughing my chest is relatively clear. I'm still experiencing some breathlessness though.
I've had a chest X-ray which came back clear.
I have a 40 minute appointment with the asthma nurse at my surgery tomorrow.
I understand that pentasa is from the same family as aspirin, I know aspirin can cause susceptible people to wheeze or develope asthma.
My question is, has anyone who takes, or has taken, pentasa developed similar chest problems?
Thank you x