Concept information
Preferred term
Sulfasalazine
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Salazosulfapyridine
- Salicylazosulfapyridine
- Sulphasalazine
Scope note
- A drug that is used in the management of inflammatory bowel diseases. Its activity is generally considered to lie in its metabolic breakdown product, 5-aminosalicylic acid (see MESALAMINE) released in the colon. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p907)
History note
- 1995 (1963)
In other languages
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Finnish
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salatsopyriini
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Salazopyrin
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Salazopyrin EN
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sulfasalatsiini
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Sulfasalazin Medac
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Swedish
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Salazopyrin
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Salicylazosulfapyridin
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012460
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