Clinical tolerance of olsalazine.
Experience of 804 patients treated with olsalazine has shown that this new 5-ASA based drug has a safe clinical profile and good tolerance. The only common side-effect was loose stools or overt diarrhoea, which necessitated withdrawal of the drug in 6.3% of the patients.
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Department of Medicine, Orebro Medical Center Hospital, Sweden.
D000636:Aminosalicylic Acids / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D019804:Mesalamine
D000636:Aminosalicylic Acids; D019804:Mesalamine; C032587:olsalazine