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 the large intestine, the active site of ulcerativ...
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(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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