How to use this medication
How to use this medication
Tablets Each dark-yellow-to-yellowish-brown, round, biconvex tablet, scored on one side and engraved with "PMS" on the other side, contains sulfasalazine 500 mg
Brand names: Azulfidine, Azulfidine EN-tabs
Prpms-SULFASALAZINE Sulfasalazine tablets USP 500 mg Prpms-SULFASALAZINE-E
Form: oral tablet (extended-release)
Sulfasalazine is used to treat a certain type of bowel disease called ulcerative colitis
Adults—At first, 500 to 1000 milligrams (mg) every 6 to 8 hours per day
Generic name: sulfasalazine [ sul-fa-SAL-a-zeen ] Brand names: Azulfidine, Azulfidine Entabs, Sulfazine, Sulfazine EC Drug classes: 5-aminosalicylates
May be useful in patients with mild to moderately active disease, especially those with ileocolonic or colonic involvement
ATC code: A07EC01
It may also be used for rheumatoid arthritis
Sulfasalazine works by reducing irritation and swelling in the large intestines
Habituellement, on l'utilise pour la maladie de Crohn ou pour la colite ulcéreuse
Sulfasalazine delayed release tablets are film coated with cellulose acetate phthalate to retard disintegration of the tablet in the stomach and reduce potential irritation of the gastric mucosa
35% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 42% reported a negative experience
The dosage of PMS-Sulfasalazine EC tablets should be individually adjusted according to the patient's tolerance and response to the treatment and taken in evenly divided doses preferably after meals
Week 2: 500 mg orally twice a day (morning and evening) Week 3: 500 mg orally in the morning and 1000 mg in the evening
The pills are 500-mg
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Children 6 years of age and older—Dose is based on body weight and must be determined by your doctor
Sulfasalazine has been confused with sulfadiazine Sulfazine (sulfasalazine) for Rheumatoid Arthritis "Been on sulfasalazine for 3 years, for me the first 2 weeks were hard on the stomach
Sulfasalazine is taken orally as a 500mg tablet
(sulfasalazine delayed-release tablets)) are indicated as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of severe ulcerative colitis, proctitis or distal ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease
Typically, it is used for Crohn's disease or to treat ulcerative colitis