Drug Summary

  Drug name:  sulfasalazine
  Chemical name:  sulfasalazine
  Formula:  C₁₈H₁₄N₄O_{5  Weight:   398.393
  CAS no:  599-79-1
  DrugBank link:  DB00795
  Description:  A drug that is used in the management of inflammatory bowel diseases. Its activity is generally considered to lie in its metabolic breakdown product, 5-aminosalicylic acid (see mesalamine) released in the colon. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p907)
  Indication:  For the treatment of Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis as a second-line agent.}