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balsalazide

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balsalazide /bal·sal·a·zide/ (bal-sal´ah-zīd) a prodrug of the antiinflammatory mesalamine, to which it is converted in the colon; administered orally as the sodium salt in the treatment of ulcerative colitis.
balsalazide
[bal-sal′ah-zīd]
a prodrug of the antiinflammatory mesalamine, to which it is converted in the colon; administered orally as the disodium salt in the treatment of ulcerative colitis.

balsalazide [bal-sal´ah-zīd]
a prodrug of the antiinflammatory mesalamine, to which it is converted in the colon; administered orally as the disodium salt in the treatment of ulcerative colitis.

balsalazide
Colazal® Internal medicine An agent that delivers concentrated 5-aminosalicylic acid to the colonic mucosa in Pts with ulcerative colitis. See Ulcerative colitis.


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5-Aminosalicylates Sulfasalazine containing drugs such as Azulfidine, mesalamine containing drugs such as Asacol, Dipentum, or Pentasa and Balsalazide containing Colazal may be used.
Balsalazide tablets, Granulated Mesalamine and SANVAR (600 ug vials vapreotide acetate powder) are under development.
Three medicines are used for treating an acute attack: Aminosalicylates (such as balsalazide, mesalazine, olsalazine, sulfasalazine), Corticosteroids (budesonide, hydrocortisone, prednisolone) and Immunosuppressants (azathioprine, ciclosporin, mercaptopurine) Rest is important during an attack to allow healing to take place.
 
 
 
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