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   balsalazide
   (bal-sal´ә-zīd) a prodrug of the antiinflammatory mesalamine, to which it is converted in the colon; administered orally as the disodium salt in treatment of ulcerative colitis.
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   Balsalazide
   It is usually administered as the disodium salt. Balsalazide releases mesalazine, also known as 5-aminosalicylic acid, or 5-ASA, in the large intestine. Its advantage over that drug in the treatment of ulcerative colitis is believed to be the delivery of the active agent past the small intestine to...
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