balsalazide disodium

balsalazide disodium
bal·sal·a·zide di·so·di·um (bal-salґə-zīd) a prodrug of mesalamine, to which it is converted by enzymatic action in the colon, used as an antiinflammatory in the treatment of ulcerative colitis; administered orally.

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