balsalazide


balsalazide

 [bal-sal´ah-zīd] a prodrug of the antiinflammatory mesalamine, to which it is converted in the colon; administered orally as the disodium salt in the treatment of ulcerative colitis.

balsalazide

Colazal® Internal medicine An agent that delivers concentrated 5-aminosalicylic acid to the colonic mucosa in Pts with ulcerative colitis. See Ulcerative colitis.

balsalazide

A drug used in the treatment of ULCERATIVE COLITIS. A brand name is Colazide.