I have cologinis colitis they are prescribing entocort ec 3mg/24h this is apparently the generic name, either way it is horribly expensive, without insurance the price is $1,600.00 even with my insurance it s still over $400.00 which for me is way too expensive. I spoke to another Doctor today and he said a good alternative might be Mesalamine which is much less expensive, however I also have kidney problems, my question is will the Mesalamine cause a further loss of kidney function?