Manufacturer: Zydus Cadila
Salt Composition : Sulfasalazine(500mg)
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Salazar Tablet is to be taken with food. This will help you prevent an upset stomach. You should take it regularly and at the same time each day to get the maximum benefit from it. Keep taking it as recommended by your doctor and complete the dose even if you feel better. Taking it with plenty of water can help you avoid kidney problems such as kidney stones.
Using this medicine may cause some common side effects such as nausea, headache, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, and gastrointestinal discomfort. You should consult with your doctor if any of these side effects do resolve with time or get worse. Your doctor may help with ways to reduce or prevent these symptoms.
To make sure the medicine is safe for you, before taking this medicine, let your doctor know if you have any problem with your heart, kidneys, or liver. Also, tell your doctor about all the other medicines you are taking. Your doctor may recommend regular blood tests to check your kidney and liver functions, and blood components. Pregnant and breastfeeding mothers should consult with their doctors before taking the medicine.
Salazar Tablet is a Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatoid Drug (DMARD). It works by suppressing the overactivity of the immune system in autoimmune diseases and blocks the chemical messengers that cause inflammation (swelling).
Sulphasalazine reaches the colon mostly unchanged and is split by gut bacteria at the azo linkage, releasing 5-aminosalicylic acid and sulphapyridine. 5-Aminosalicylic acid may act locally and is not absorbed to any great extent.
Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them
Common side effects of Salazar
Diarrhea
Gastrointestinal discomfort
Headache
Loss of appetite
Nausea
Oligospermia (low sperm count)
Vomiting
Contraindications to sulfasalazine include patients with hypersensitivity to sulfasalazine, its metabolite, sulfonamides, salicylates, or any component of the formulation, intestinal or urinary obstruction, and porphyria.
Salazar Tablet is generally considered safe to use during pregnancy. Animal studies have shown low or no adverse effects to the developing baby; however, there are limited human studies.
It is unsafe to consume alcohol with Salazar Tablet.
Salazar Tablet is probably unsafe to use during breastfeeding. Limited human data suggests that the drug may pass into the breastmilk and harm the baby.
Sulfasalazine is indicated for the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis in children and adults and ulcerative colitis. It also has off-label uses in treating patients with ankylosing spondylitis, mild to moderately active Crohn's disease, psoriasis, and psoriatic arthritis.
Drug-Drug Interaction: SULFASALAZINE may interact with blood thinner (warfarin), heart disease medicine (digoxin), iron supplements (folate), anti-diabetic medicine (glimepiride, glyburide, glipizide, antibiotics (methenamine), immune system affecting drug (azathioprine, mercaptopurine), anti-arthritis or anti-cancer drug (methotrexate) and anti TB drug (isoniazid).
Drug-Food Interaction: No relevant interaction be found.
Drug-Disease Interaction: SULFASALAZINE should not be given to the people affected with colitis intestinal obstruction, urinary obstruction, hematologic toxicity, hypersensitivity or allergic reactions, liver disease, porphyria and kidney disease.
Drug-Drug Interactions Checker List:
WARFARIN
DIGOXIN
GLIMEPIRIDE
GLYBURIDE
GLIPIZIDE
METHENAMINE
AZATHIOPRINE
MERCAPTOPURINE
METHOTREXATE
ISONIAZID
Do not chew, crush or break it. Salazar Tablet is to be taken with food.
Store below 30°C
If you miss a dose of Salazar Tablet, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular schedule. Do not double the dose.
Consult a doctor before taking any medicines.
Take it with food to avoid an upset stomach.
It may take 6-8 weeks for Salazar Tablet to work. Keep taking it as prescribed.
Drink plenty of fluids while taking Salazar Tablet in order to avoid kidney problems such as kidney stones.
It may cause a deficiency of folic acid. Take the supplements as suggested by the doctor.
Do not take Salazar Tablet if you are allergic to sulfa drugs or aspirin.
It may discolour your skin, urine, saliva and tears an orange/yellow colour. This is normal and not harmful.
Regular blood tests to monitor your liver function, kidney function, and the levels of your blood components are required while taking this medicine.
Do not stop taking the medication suddenly without talking to your doctor.
Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Salazar Tablet is to be taken with food.
Q. Is Salazar Tablet a steroid or a painkiller?
Salazar Tablet is neither a steroid nor a painkiller. It is an anti-inflammatory medicine. It is used to treat and manage ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease in which the intestines become inflamed (swelling of intestines). It is also used to treat rheumatoid arthritis (painful joint disease).
Q. What is Salazar Tablet and what is it used for?
Salazar Tablet belongs to a group of medicines called aminosalicylates. It is an anti-inflammatory disease and is used to treat bowel inflammation, diarrhea (stool frequency), rectal bleeding, and abdominal pain in patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. In rheumatoid arthritis, it helps prevent damage to the joints and works slowly to reduce swelling and stiffness in your joints.
Q. I have been prescribed Salazar Tablet for rheumatoid arthritis. When can I expect the pain in joints to be better?
Salazar Tablet does not work right away. It takes about 6 to 12 weeks to deliver the full effect.You may start feeling better in 4 weeks after starting Salazar Tablet, but it can vary from person to person and some of the patients may notice improvement after 3 months. Consumption of medicine should not be stopped without consulting your doctor.
Q. For how long do I need to take Salazar Tablet?
If you are able to tolerate Salazar Tablet which means the side effects do not bother you, then you have to continue Salazar Tablet till the disease remains in remission. It is better to take Salazar Tablet for the prescribed period.
