Azulfidine

Azulfidine is a prescription medication used to treat patients with a bowel disease known as ulcerative colitis. This medication reduces irritation and swelling of the large intestines. This helps to relieve the symptoms such as rectal bleeding, fever, stomach pain, and diarrhea. Azulfidine can also treat patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.

• Sulfazine
• Azulfidine
• Azulfidine Entabs

• Aminosalicylic Acid-5
• Apriso
• Asacol
• Asacol HD
• Avsola
• Azulfidine
• Azulfidine EN-tabs
• Balsalazide Disodium
• Canasa
• Cimzia
• Cimzia Starter Kit
• Colazal
• Delzicol
• Dipentum
• Entyvio
• Giazo
• Inflectra
• inFLIXimab
• Lialda
• Mesalamine
• Mesalamine ER
• Mesalamine-Cleanser
• Pentasa
• Remicade
• Renflexis
• Rowasa
• SfRowasa
• Skyrizi
• Stelara
• sulfaSALAzine
• Sulfazine

• Tablet
• Coated Tablet

• By mouth

Take your medicine as directed. Your dose may need to be changed several times to find what works best for you.

It is best to take this medicine after meals, at evenly spaced times throughout the day and night. Try not to let more than 8 hours go by between doses, even at night.

Coated tablet: Swallow the tablet whole. Do not crush, break, or chew it.

Drink extra fluids so you will urinate more often and help prevent kidney problems.

Keep using this medicine for the full treatment time, even if you feel better after the first few doses.

If you are using this medicine for rheumatoid arthritis, it may take 4 to 12 weeks before you start feeling better.

Missed dose: Take a dose as soon as you remember. If it is almost time for your next dose, wait until then and take a regular dose. Do not take extra medicine to make up for a missed dose.

Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light.

This medicine is not right for everyone. Do not use it if you had an allergic reaction to sulfasalazine, sulfa drugs, or any salicylate medicine, or if you have bladder or bowel blockage, or porphyria (enzyme problem).

Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you have kidney disease, liver disease, heart disease, trouble urinating, asthma, blood or bone marrow problems, or an enzyme problem called glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency.

This medicine may decrease the amount of sperm a man makes and affect his ability to have children while using this medicine. If you are a man who plans to have children, talk with your doctor first.

This medicine may cause the following problems.Liver problemsAnemia or other blood problemsSerious infectionsHeart problems, including myocarditis, pericarditisSerious skin reactions, including exfoliative dermatitis, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis, drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS), and acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP)

Your skin or urine may turn orange or yellow while you are using this medicine. This is normal and nothing to worry about.

Tell any doctor or dentist who treats you that you are using this medicine. This medicine may affect certain medical test results.

This medicine may decrease the amount of sperm men make and affect their ability to have children. If you plan to have children, talk with your doctor before using this medicine.

Your doctor will do lab tests at regular visits to check on the effects of this medicine. Keep all appointments.

Keep all medicine out of the reach of children. Never share your medicine with anyone.

Some medicines can affect how sulfasalazine works. Tell your doctor if you are using digoxin or a folic acid supplement.

This medicine may decrease the amount of sperm a man makes and affect his ability to have children while using this medicine. If you are a man who plans to have children, talk with your doctor first.

This medicine may cause the following problems.Liver damageSevere anemia or other blood disordersInfectionsSevere allergic reactions, especially skin reactions

Your skin or urine may turn orange or yellow while you are using this medicine. This is normal and nothing to worry about.

Your doctor will do lab tests at regular visits to check on the effects of this medicine. Keep all appointments.

Keep all medicine out of the reach of children. Never share your medicine with anyone.

• Unusual bleeding, bruising, or weakness
• Swollen, painful, or tender lymph glands in your neck, armpit, or groin
• Dark urine or pale stools, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, yellow skin or eyes
• Bloody diarrhea, severe cramping, stomach pain, headache
• Allergic reaction: Itching or hives, swelling in your face or hands, swelling or tingling in your mouth or throat, chest tightness, trouble breathing
• Blistering, peeling, red skin rash
• Chest pain, trouble breathing
• Fever, chills, cough, sore throat, pale skin, body aches
• Change in how much or how often you urinate, difficult or painful urination, lower back or side pain
• Fast, slow, or pounding heartbeat
• Dizziness
• Mild diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, or stomach upset