General Info:

Sulfasalazine Tablets are indicated:

• in the treatment of mild to moderate ulcerative colitis, and as adjunctive therapy in severe ulcerative colitis;
• for the prolongation of the remission period between acute attacks of ulcerative colitis;
• in the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have responded inadequately to salicylates or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g., an insufficient therapeutic response to, or intolerance of, an adequate trial of full doses of one or more nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs);
• in the treatment of pediatric patients with polyarticular-course1 juvenile rheumatoid arthritis who have responded inadequately to salicylates or other nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs.

Sulfasalazine is used to treat a certain type of bowel disease called ulcerative colitis. Sulfasalazine does not cure this condition, but it helps decrease symptoms such as fever, stomach pain, diarrhea, and rectal bleeding. After an attack is treated, sulfasalazine is also used to increase the amount of time between attacks. Sulfasalazine works by reducing irritation and swelling in the large intestines.

Sulfasalazine is sold as brand names:

• Azulfidine