SULFASALAZINE SUMMARY
Sulfasalazine
Delayed-Release Tablets, USP
Sulfasalazine Tablets USP, 500 mg for Oral Administration Therapeutic classification: Anti-inflammatory agent. Chemical designation: 5-[[ p -(2-Pyridylsulfamoyl)phenyl]azo]salicylic acid. Chemical Structure:
Sulfasalazine tablets are indicated:
a. in the treatment of mild to moderate ulcerative colitis, and as adjunctive therapy in severe ulcerative colitis; and
b. for the prolongation of the remission period between acute attacks of ulcerative colitis.
|
SULFASALAZINE NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
Published Studies Related to Sulfasalazine
A randomized controlled trial of early intervention with intraarticular corticosteroids followed by sulfasalazine versus conservative treatment in early oligoarthritis. [2007.02.15]
A randomized controlled trial of early intervention with intraarticular corticosteroids followed by sulfasalazine versus conservative treatment in early oligoarthritis. [2007.01.31]
Etanercept and sulfasalazine, alone and combined, in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis despite receiving sulfasalazine: a double-blind comparison. [2006.10]
Efficacy of sulfasalazine in patients with inflammatory back pain due to undifferentiated spondyloarthritis and early ankylosing spondylitis: a multicentre randomised controlled trial. [2006.09]
Is sulfasalazine effective in ankylosing spondylitis? A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. [2006.04]
Clinical Trials Related to Sulfasalazine
Triple III Comparison of Leflunomide Alone Versus Two DMARD Combinations in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis [Active, not recruiting]
Sulfasalazine and Endothelial Function [Completed]
Study To Determine The Pharmacokinetics Of Sulfasalazine In Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis [Not yet recruiting]
Study Evaluating Etanercept and Sulphasalazine in Ankylosing Spondylitis [Recruiting]
Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis With Tripterygium Wilfordi Hook F or Sulfasalazine [Completed]
|
SULFASALAZINE PATIENT REVIEWS / RATINGS / COMMENTSBased on a total of 1 ratings/reviews, Sulfasalazine has an overall score of 8. The effectiveness score is 8 and the side effect score is 8. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst.
| | Sulfasalazine review by 39 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | |   |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | inflammatory arthritis |
| Dosage & duration: | | 1000 mg taken 2 x day for the period of still on it. Begin 4/2005. |
| Other conditions: | | hyperthyroidism, tachycardia, high blood pressure, allergies |
| Other drugs taken: | | predinisone, mobic, clairitin, singulair, allegra, attenolol, methimazole, tylenol,acidophilus | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | lessening of pain, some increase in mobility - took abt 7 mos. to see improvement |
| Side effects: | | diarrhea first couple of mos. until my body acclimated to the sulfasalazine. |
| Comments: | | Took 2 tabs twice daily. |
|
|
|
Page last updated: 2007-05-03
|
