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5-AMINOSALICYLIC ACID (mesalamine)
powder
- Dosage information is not available
powder
- Dosage information is not available
- None
Contraindicated
- None
Severe
Moderate
- A-hydrocort
- A-methapred
- Anucort-hc
- Anusol-hc
- Aristospan Intra-articular
- Aristospan Intralesional
- betamethasone acet & sod phos
- budesonide
- Celestone Soluspan
- Colocort
- Cortef
- Cortenema
- Cortifoam
- cortisone
- Depo-medrol
- dexamethasone
- Dexamethasone Intensol
- dexamethasone sodium phos (PF)
- dexamethasone sodium phosphate
- Dexpak 10 Day
- Dexpak 13 Day
- Dexpak 6 Day
- Entocort Ec
- Ez Use Joint-tunnel-trigger
- First-duke's
- First-mary's Mouthwash
- Flo-pred
- fludrocortisone
- Grx Hicort 25
- Hemril-30
- hydrocortisone
- hydrocortisone acetate
- hydrocortisone sod succ (PF)
- hydrocortisone sod succinate
- Kenalog
- Medrol
- Medrol (pak)
- methylprednisolone
- methylprednisolone acetate
- methylprednisolone sod suc(PF)
- methylprednisolone sodium succ
- methylprednisolone-bupivacaine
- Millipred
- Millipred Dp
- nystatin-hydrocortisone-diphen
- nystatin-TCN-HC-diphenhydramin
- Orapred
- Orapred Odt
- Pediapred
- Physicians Ez Use M-pred
- prednisolone
- prednisolone acetate
- prednisolone sodium phosphate
- prednisone
- Prednisone Intensol
- Proctocort
- Rayos
- Rectacort-hc
- Solu-cortef
- Solu-cortef (pf)
- Solu-medrol
- Solu-medrol (pf)
- triamcinolone acetonide
- triamcinolone hexacetonide
- triamcinolone-lidocaine
- Uceris
- Veripred 20
- None
Contraindicated
- None
Severe
Moderate
- None
5-AMINOSALICYLIC ACID (mesalamine)
- None
- Abdominal pain with cramps
- Headache disorder
More Frequent
Severe
Less Severe
- None
- Abdominal distension
- Acne vulgaris
- Diarrhea
- Dizziness
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Flatulence
- Flu-like symptoms
- Gastritis
- Nausea
- Pruritus ani
- Rectal pain
- Skin rash
Less Frequent
Severe
Less Severe
Rare / Very Rare
Severe
- Abnormal hepatic function tests
- Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis
- Acute pancreatitis
- Agranulocytosis
- Alveolitis
- Aplastic anemia
- Bloody diarrhea
- Colitis
- DRESS syndrome
- Eosinophilia
- Erythema nodosum
- Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
- Guillain-barre syndrome
- Hepatic failure
- Hepatic necrosis
- Hepatitis
- Hypersensitivity drug reaction
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- Interstitial nephritis
- Intracranial hypertension
- Jaundice
- Kidney disease with reduction in GFR
- Kidney stone
- Lupus-like syndrome
- Myelitis
- Myocarditis
- Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
- Obstructive hyperbilirubinemia
- Pericarditis
- Pyoderma gangrenosum
- Rectal irritation
- Skin photosensitivity
- Stevens-johnson syndrome
- Thrombocytopenic disorder
- Toxic epidermal necrolysis
Less Severe
- Alopecia
- Back pain
- Constipation
- Discolored feces
- Erythema
- Female infertility
- Hemorrhoids
- Oligospermia
- Pain in extremities
- Periorbital edema
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Pruritus of skin
- Psoriasis
- Tenesmus
- Urticaria
Contraindicated
None
Severe Precaution
None
Management or Monitoring Precaution
None
Mesalamine (5 Aminosalicylic Acid)
- Severity Level:
2
- Additional Notes: Insufficient human data; animal data do not suggest fetal risk
Contraindicated
None
| General | Excretion Potential | Effect on Infant | Notes |
| None |
Precaution Exists
Mesalamine (5-aminosalicylic Acid)
Metabolite excreted in high levels w/unknwn infant risk;Few cases of diarrhea
| General | Excretion Potential | Effect on Infant | Notes |
| Evaluate use carefully | Excreted | Drug shown to have adverse effect | Metabolite excreted in high levels w/unknwn infant risk;Few cases of diarrhea |
No Known Risk
None
| General | Excretion Potential | Effect on Infant | Notes |
| None |
Contraindicated
None
Precaution Exists
None
No Known Risk
None
- None
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