Azulfidine
Azulfidine is a digestive health medication containing Sulfasalazine, available as 500mg tablets.
- Category
- Digestive Health
- Active ingredient
- Sulfasalazine
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Tablet
- Strengths
- 500mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Azulfidine vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Rheumatoid arthritis · Ulcerative colitis · Crohn's disease
- Alternative Name
- Salazopyrin
- Therapeutic Class
- Disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)
- Pharmacological Class
- Sulfonamide
- Minor Side Effects
- headache, nausea, loss of appetite
- Moderate Side Effects
- rash, fever, anaemia
- Dosage Forms
- Tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Prescription medicine
- Originator
- Pfizer
- Onset Time
- 1–2 weeks
- Duration
- 24 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store at room temperature away from sunlight and moisture.
- Drug Interactions
- digoxin, folic acid
- Age Restrictions
- Use with caution in elderly patients.
What you will receive
Azulfidine is the originator brand name, made by Pfizer. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with Pfizer and do not ship the original Azulfidine.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Sulfasalazine) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.