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What is Sulfasalazine?

Sulfasalazine is a 5-aminosalicylic acid derivative used for ulcerative colitis and rheumatoid arthritis. Off label it is used for ankylosing spondylitis, collagenous colitis, Crohn's disease, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, juvenile chronic arthritis.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis) 139 32 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Psoriatic Arthritis 21 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Ulcerative colitis 16 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Crohn's Disease 15 1 Efficacy_moderate
Rheumatoid Arthritis 6 3 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Joint pain 6 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none

See all 128 patients currently taking Sulfasalazine

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Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Sulfasalazine. See all 13 dosages ►

  500 mg weekly 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 1,200 g daily 1,500 mg daily 2,000 mg daily 2,500 mg daily 3,000 mg daily 4,000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 12 Number of Patients: 12 26 Number of Patients: 26 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 57 Number of Patients: 57 4 Number of Patients: 4 21 Number of Patients: 21 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Sulfasalazine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 52   Side effects too severe: 45%
Did not seem to work 43   Did not seem to work: 37%
Doctor's advice 24   Doctor's advice: 21%
Other 14   Other: 12%
Course of treatment ended 5   Course of treatment ended: 4%
Personal research 4   Personal research: 3%
Expense 1   Expense: 1%

See all 100 patients who’ve stopped taking Sulfasalazine

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Sulfasalazine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Sulfasalazine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Sulfasalazine

Always
 44 79%
Usually
 5 9%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 7 13%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Sulfasalazine

Very
 5 9%
Somewhat
 5 9%
A little
 12 21%
Not at all
 34 61%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Sulfasalazine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 2 6%
$25-49
 8 24%
< $25
 23 70%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.