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Mesalamine
From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium
(Redirected from 5-Aminosalicylic acid)
Mesalamin (5-amino-2-hydroxybenzoic acid).
Mesalamine, frequently called 5-aminosalicylate, 5-aminosalicylic acid, or 5-ASA, is an anti-inflammatory agent used to treate rheumatoid arthritis and irritable bowel syndrome. It is structurally related to the salicylates and is thought be to the active breakdown product of the drug sulfasalazine.
Brand names
It is sold under these brand names:
- Asacol®
- Asacolitin®
- Canasa®
- Claversal®
- Fisalamine®
- Lixacol®
- Mesasal®
- Pentasa®
- Rowasa®
- Salofalk®
External Links
- Mesalamine - FDA approved drug information (drug label) from DailyMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine).
- Mesalamine - Drug information for patients from MedMaster (U.S. National Library of Medicine).
- Mesalamine - Detailed information from DrugBank.
