Pentasa
Pentasa is a digestive health medication containing Mesalazine, available as 400mg tablets.
- Category
- Digestive Health
- Active ingredient
- Mesalazine
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Prolonged-release tablet
- Strengths
- 400mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Pentasa vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Ulcerative colitis · Crohn's disease
- Alternative Name
- Salofalk
- Therapeutic Class
- 5-Aminosalicylic Acid Derivative
- Pharmacological Class
- Aminosalicylate
- Minor Side Effects
- headache, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, nausea
- Moderate Side Effects
- rash, fever, alopecia
- Dosage Forms
- Prolonged-release tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Available without prescription
- Originator
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals
- Onset Time
- 1–2 weeks
- Duration
- 24 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store below 25°C.
- Drug Interactions
- azathioprine, mercaptopurine
What you will receive
Pentasa is the originator brand name, made by Ferring Pharmaceuticals. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with Ferring Pharmaceuticals and do not ship the original Pentasa.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Mesalazine) 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.