Lialda

Generic name:mesalamine (oral) [ me-SAL-a-meen ]
Drug class:5-aminosalicylates

Medically reviewed by Kaci Durbin, MD. Last updated on Apr 16, 2021.

What is Lialda?

Lialda affects a substance in the body that causes inflammation, tissue damage, and diarrhea.

Lialda is used to treat mild to moderate active ulcerative colitis in adults and children who weight at least 24kg.

Lialda is also used in adults as a maintenance treatment to prevent the symptoms of ulcerative colitis from recurring.

Warnings

Stop using Lialda and call your doctor at once if you have severe stomach pain, stomach cramping, bloody diarrhea (may occur with fever, headache, and skin rash).

Before taking this medicine

You should not use Lialda if you are allergic to mesalamine, aspirin, sulfasalazine, or salicylates (such as Disalcid, Doans Pills, Dolobid, Kaopectate, NuprinBackache, Pepto-Bismol, Tricosal, Trilisate, and others).

To make sure Lialda is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have ever had:

• a kidney stone or kidney disease;

• liver disease;

• a blockage in your stomach or intestines (such as pyloric stenosis); or

• a skin condition such as eczema.

Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known whether mesalamine will harm an unborn baby. However, having untreated or uncontrolled ulcerative colitis during pregnancy may cause complica...