Recent news on Sulfasalazine

Analysis Of Ulcerative Colitis (UC) Remission Rates From Long-term ...  -  25 May 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Caution should be exercised when treating patients with pyloric stenosis or those allergic to sulfasalazine. Mesalamine has been associated with an acute

Natural Conception Dos and Don'ts  -  May 20, 2007
FOX NewsThe American Fertility Association cautions men to avoid sulfasalazine, used in medications for IBS, Crohn’s and colitis; cimetidine used in ulcer

Interleukin 1b modulates endogenous TRa gene transcription in ...  -  May 16, 2007
Journal of EndocrinologyBy using the NFkB inhibitor Sulfasalazine and the AP-1 inhibitor SP600125, it became clear that the IL-1b induced decrease TRa mRNA expression in HepG2

Ulcerative Colitis (UC) Sufferers Find UC Quite Disruptive to Many ...  -  May 17, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),Tell your doctor if you have a stomach blockage or are allergic to sulfasalazine. Mesalamines have been associated with an acute intolerance syndrome,

Psoriatic Arthritis Treatment  -  May 1, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Sulfasalazine suppresses the inflammatory response and has few side effects. -- Low doses of corticosteroids such as prednisolone can be injected into

Column: Back pain sometimes signals more serious problems  -  May 1, 2007
Norwich Bulletin,Indomethacin is most effective, while sulfasalazine may benefit those with more severe involvement. Peripheral joint arthritis may respond to methotrexate.

Systematic Review: Agranulocytosis Induced by Nonchemotherapy Drugs  -  Apr 30, 2007
Annals of Internal Medicine...penicillin G, procainamide, propylthiouracil, rituximab, sulfasalazine, and ticlopidine) accounted for more than 50% of definite or probable reports.

Recommendations for Primary Care of the Patient With Cancer  -  Apr 30, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Proctitis may respond to hydrocortisone cream, glucocorticoid retention enemas, mesalamine suppositories, or sulfasalazine.

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Journal lycéen,Large quantities additional data Sulfasalazine do know stocks. Targeted or show largescale key step whose behalf Cholestyramine isolates.

A wonder drug beat my teenage arthritis  -  Apr 10, 2007
Daily Mail,After diagnosis, Kate was started on methotrexate and sulfasalazine. The treatment initially worked, but over the next three years it lost effectiveness,

CombinatoRx, Incorporated (CRXX) Says Arthritis Drug Misses ...  -  Mar 27, 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),Patients had to be on a DMARD therapy (such as methotrexate or sulfasalazine) for at least 3 months and be on a stable dose of DMARD therapy for a minimum

Arthritis Clinical Trial Results Revealed  -  Jan 2, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),All participants were unresponsive to antirheumatic drugs that suppress the immune and/or inflammatory systems, including methotrexate, sulfasalazine,

Phytomedics' Novel Oral Disease Modifying Drug Candidate PMI-001 ...  -  Nov 29, 2006
PipelineReview.com (press release),These scores increased in subjects treated with sulfasalazine. Both treatment groups showed similar overall adverse events rates, which were mild in nature.

Phytomedics' Novel Oral Disease Modifying Drug Candidate PMI-001 ...  -  Nov 28, 2006
PR Newswire (press release),Of these, 60 were randomized to PMI-001 and 61 were randomized to Sulfasalazine. The primary efficacy endpoint in this study was the proportion of PMI-001

Make a place for folate on your table  -  Dec 10, 2006
Enid News & Eagle,...triamterine (a potassium sparing diuretic); and sulfasalazine (often prescribed to patients with Chrohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis).

Dramatic drop in fertility  -  Dec 5, 2006
Central Chronicle,Avoid medicines like sulfasalazine, spironolactone, co9lchicine, allopurinol, nitrofuranttoin, cimetidine, and cyclosporine.

Cytotoxic and Glucocorticoid Agents Increase CV Risk in Rheumatoid ...  -  Nov 29, 2006
Medscape (subscription)...cytotoxic agents (azathioprine, cyclosporine, leflunomide), noncytotoxic agents (gold, hydroxychloroquine, sulfasalazine), and glucocorticoids.

For RA Cardioprotection, Biologics Found Equal to Methotrexate  -  Nov 29, 2006
MedPage Today,The noncytotoxic agents, which included gold, Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine) and Azulfidine (sulfasalazine), did not significantly increase cardiovascular

CombinatoRx Drug Candidate CRx-102 Demonstrates Positive Phase 2 ...  Nov 6, 2006
DAS28 scores of greater than 4.5 and CRP levels of greater than 2.2mg/L. Patients had to be on a DMARD therapy (such as methotrexate or sulfasalazine) for at ... -Genetic Engineering News (press release), Read more  Oct 25, 2006
The remaining patients were on the following 5-ASA treatments and median daily doses: sulfasalazine 2.0 grams (17.5%), Colazal (Salix Pharmaceuticals ... -SpiritIndia, Sulfasalazine May Relieve Back Pain for Some Spondyloarthritis ...  Aug 31, 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Aug 30 - Treatment with sulfasalazine can reduce disease activity and spinal pain in patients with inflammatory back pain due to ... -Medscape (subscription)

Heart Risk High in Arthritis Patients  Aug 27, 2006
...patients with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis, and another 134 patients who were enrolled in a trial comparing treatment with sulfasalazine for rheumatoid ... -PakTribune.com

Health Checkup: new treatments for rheumatoid arthritis  Sep 13, 2006
It has traditionally included the disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs hydroxychloroquine, sulfasalazine and methotrexate, and the more recent leflunomide. ... -Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

DMARD Use in Rheumatoid Arthritis Increases Risk for Tuberculosis  Aug 29, 2006
...as biological (infliximab, etanercept or anakinra use), traditional (methotrexate, leflunomide, hydrohychloroquine, sulfasalazine, auranofin, penicillamine, or ... -Medscape (subscription)

Phytomedics' Novel Oral Disease Modifying Drug Candidate PMI-001 ...  -  Nov 29, 2006
PipelineReview.com (press release),These scores increased in subjects treated with sulfasalazine. Both treatment groups showed similar overall adverse events rates, which were mild in nature.

Phytomedics' Novel Oral Disease Modifying Drug Candidate PMI-001 ...  -  Nov 28, 2006
PR Newswire (press release),Of these, 60 were randomized to PMI-001 and 61 were randomized to Sulfasalazine. The primary efficacy endpoint in this study was the proportion of PMI-001

Make a place for folate on your table  -  Dec 10, 2006
Enid News & Eagle,...triamterine (a potassium sparing diuretic); and sulfasalazine (often prescribed to patients with Chrohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis).

Ciprofloxacin-Induced Manic Episode  -  Nov 20, 2006
Psychosomatics (subscription)..."Mr. M" is a 28-year-old white man with a history of primary sclerosing cholangitis and controlled ulcerative colitis treated with sulfasalazine.

Experts Say Many Allergic Skin Disorders Are Treatable  -  Nov 13, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),..."A recent case series from Johns Hopkins suggests that sulfasalazine treatment is an effective therapy for approximately 75 percent of adult subjects with

Dramatic drop in fertility  -  Dec 5, 2006
Central Chronicle,Avoid medicines like sulfasalazine, spironolactone, co9lchicine, allopurinol, nitrofuranttoin, cimetidine, and cyclosporine.

Cytotoxic and Glucocorticoid Agents Increase CV Risk in Rheumatoid ...  -  Nov 29, 2006
Medscape (subscription)...cytotoxic agents (azathioprine, cyclosporine, leflunomide), noncytotoxic agents (gold, hydroxychloroquine, sulfasalazine), and glucocorticoids.

For RA Cardioprotection, Biologics Found Equal to Methotrexate  -  Nov 29, 2006
MedPage Today,The noncytotoxic agents, which included gold, Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine) and Azulfidine (sulfasalazine), did not significantly increase cardiovascular

Enbrel Provides Sustained Clinical Improvements for People With ...  -  Nov 20, 2006
DG NewsPatients taking hydroxychloroquine, sulfasalazine, methotrexate, or prednisone (≤ 10 mg/day) could continue these drugs at stable doses for the duration of

Aggressive and Early Combination Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis ...  -  Nov 17, 2006
DG NewsWhen adverse events caused discontinuation of methotrexate, an alternative DMARD (usually sulfasalazine) was used with infliximab.

Data Shows ENBREL Provides Sustained Clinical Improvements For ...  -  Nov 15, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),Patients taking hydroxychloroquine, sulfasalazine, methotrexate, or prednisone (less than or equal to 10 mg/day) could continue these drugs at stable doses

Early Aggressive Treatment May Alter Course Of Rheumatoid Arthritis  -  Nov 13, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),In the case of adverse drug events requiring the discontinuation of methotrexate, an alternative DMARD (usually sulfasalazine) was started in combination

Heart Risk High in Arthritis Patients  Aug 27, 2006
...patients with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis, and another 134 patients who were enrolled in a trial comparing treatment with sulfasalazine for rheumatoid ... -PakTribune.com

Article by HairlossTalk.com  Aug 7, 2006
Sulfasalazine is a drug that has been available for many years. ... The drug, sulfasalazine, is often prescribed for psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis. ... -Hairloss Talk Newsletter

Is it just a tummy ache or inflammatory bowel disease?  Aug 16, 2006
The main drugs taken for IBD are 5-ASA agents, which includes including sulfasalazine, and corticosteroids, which can slow growth and trigger acne, pudgy ... -Wilmington Morning Star

Arthritis Explained  Jul 10, 2006
Other medicines used as DMARDs include gold salts, antimalarials, sulfasalazine, tetracyclines, cyclosporine, and newer agents such as leflutamide (Arava ... -50 Connect

New Study Shows Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients With Additional ...  Jun 23, 2006
...corticosteroid use (intra-articular, oral and/or IV), 69 percent of any disease-modifying agent (19 percent methotrexate, 61 percent sulfasalazine, 4 percent ... -Finanzen.net

Combination DMARD Therapy Produces Sustained Remission in Early RA ...  Jun 27, 2006
These patient were randomised to receive either a combination of traditional DMARDs (MTX, sulfasalazine [SSZ] and hydroxychloroquine [HCQ], with prednisolone ... -DG News

Current Use of Treatments for Rheumatoid Arthritis in Western ...  Jun 30, 2006
...used across this dataset includes: prednisolone, 10-15% of patients; methotrexate (MTX), 35-70%; (hydroxyl)chloroquinone (HCQ), 0-39%; sulfasalazine (SSZ), 2-33 ... -DG News



Steroid treatment for arthritis ups pneumonia risk  Mar 16, 2006
...significantly increased risk associated with so-called TNF-blockers -- Remicade, Enbrel or Humira -- or with methotrexate, hydroxychloroquine or sulfasalazine. ... - Reuters.uk

Prednisone Associated With Increased Risk Of Pneumonia  Mar 16, 2006
...arthritis patients. There was no increase in risk associated with Enbrel, Remicade, Humira, methotrexate, or sulfasalazine. Researchers ... - About - News & Issues



Alopecia Areata Hair Loss  Feb 13, 2006
...minoxidil. Other treatments used are Sulfasalazine, or Anthralin. Hairpieces and wigs are useful for patients with extensive disease. ... - The Open Press

Questions and Answers About Alopecia Areata  Jan 23, 2006
Sulfasalazine--A sulfa drug, sulfasalazine has been used as a treatment for different autoimmune disorders, including psoriasis. ... - Community Dispatch

Differential involvement of NFkB and AP-1 pathways in the IL1b ...  Jan 17, 2006
Sulfasalazine was used to inhibit the NFkB pathway and SP600125, a chemical inhibitor of the c-Jun N- terminal kinase, was used as an inhibitor of the AP-1 ... - Journal of Endocrinology

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