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Taking salofalk for more tha a year now for chronic inflammation of the colon as biopsy result but my esr is always elevated.. should i stop?
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No check with yourGI: Yoy should not stop your salofalk, unless advised by your doctor.Elevated sed rate is not from the salofalk but from your underlying onflammation.
Answered 2/26/2013
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