Sulphasalazine (salicyl-azo-sulphapyridine) was ingested by 27 healthy subjects for five days at a dosage of 4 g daily. The acetylator phenotype of each subject had been established previously. The serum concentrations of the parent drug and its sulphapyridine-metabolites were determined and the adverse effects were recorded. There was no correlation between the serum concentrations of sulphasa...

The fertility of 70 men with Crohn's disease and a group of age matched controls were compared. Crohn's disease was associated with a significant reduction in family size independent of steroid or sulphasalazine treatment.

This case report describes a patient with arthritis of the large joints, bilateral sacroiliitis, and positive anti-SSA and anti-dsDNA antibody, who received sulfasalazine and shortly thereafter became critically ill. He developed toxic epidermal necrolysis, hemolytic anemia, lymphopenia, markedly elevated ferritin, and muscle wasting. A diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus was made, and my...

The authors set out to critically review the current data on the efficacy of oral 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) agents for active ulcerative colitis (UC). Thirty-one studies were identified; 19 met entry criteria. Three trials with mesalamine showed statistical significance versus placebo; those with olsalazine or balsalazide did not. No agent was statistically different from sulfasalazine. In ...

Recent statistics reports by Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) have presented the facts that cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for 30% of all deaths. Genetic polymorphism, age, gender, smoking, inflammation, systolic blood pressure (SBP), cholesterol, physical inactivity, low socio-economic status, and psychosocial risk factors contribute to...

Thalidomide provided significant protection against tri nitro benzene sulfonic acid induced colitis. Combination therapy also reduced colonic inflammation and all the biochemical parameters (myeloperoxidase assay, malondialdehyde assay and tumor necrosis factor-alpha, estimation) were significant as compared to control as well as thalidomide alone treated group. Combination therapy showed addit...

In this thesis, two pharmacokinetic models are evaluated with respect to their capacity to quantify gastric emptying and small intestinal transit in dogs. The experiments are based on the double marker technique, which uses two drug substances (paracetamol and sulfasalazine) that are absorbed in the duodenum and the colon, respectively. A standard model is compared to a more sophisticated trans...

Platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor/thymidine phosphorylase (PD-ECGF/TP) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) are angiogenic factors produced by tumor infiltrating macrophages. Here, we show that prolonged exposure of human monocytic/macrophage THP1 and U937 cells to sulfasalazine, an anti-inflammatory drug and inhibitor of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB), resulted in down-regulation of PD-EC...

The aim of the present study is to investigate the preventive effect of pioglitazone on colitis induced with dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) in rats. Twenty-four male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 180-200 g were randomized into four groups. Rats of the 1st group received only saline and served as normal group. Colitis was induced in the remaining 3 groups by 1.5% DSS administered in drinking water ...