Red sauces and creamy sauces and spices are really bad for colitis. Ask your doctor about Prednisone Enemas. A friend was on Mesalamine HD (delay released) 800 mg (Asacol is brand name), 2 pills, three times a day, and now 4 pills a day. When he gets very sick, he just eats crackers and Campbell tomato soup) for days. You need to let colon rest. Aso stress makes the UC worse. Searched Internet: " Balsalazide, mesalamine, olsalazine, and sulfasalazine are the main medications used to treat ulcerative colitis. They come in pills and suppositories. Let your doctor know if you are allergic to sulfa before taking one of these drugs. They can prescribe a sulfa-free 5-ASA.". If you need more info on this med you can find it on mayo clinic.org. And there might be other new pills as well.