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COLAZAL – balsalazide disodium

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IBD Questionnaire & Informational Sheet

This information is intended for U.S. residents only.

This questionnaire was designed to help your physician effectively evaluate, treat and manage your inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Please take a few minutes to download this questionnaire and answer the questions as precisely as you can. Make a note of any questions that you have for your doctor and bring the sheet with you to your next visit.

Print out the Inflammatory Bowel Disease questionnaire.

"What You Need To Know", an informational sheet on IBD.



COLAZAL® (balsalazide disodium) Capsules 750 mg are indicated for the treatment of mildly to moderately active Ulcerative Colitis in patients 5 years of age and older. COLAZAL does not relieve symptoms in all patients; your patients' results may vary. In four well-controlled clinical trials, patients receiving a COLAZAL dose of 6.75g/day most frequently reported the following events (reporting frequency > 3%): headache (8%), abdominal pain (6%), diarrhea (5%), nausea (5%), vomiting (4%), respiratory infection (4%), and arthralgia (4%). Withdrawal from therapy due to adverse events was comparable to placebo. In the pediatric trial, patients most frequently reported the following adverse events: headache (15%), abdominal pain upper (13%), abdominal pain (12%), vomiting (10%), diarrhea (9%), colitis ulcerative (6%), nasopharyngitis (6%) and, pyrexia (6%). COLAZAL is contraindicated in patients with a hypersensitivity to salicylates or the components of COLAZAL capsules or balsalazide metabolites. The safety and effectiveness of COLAZAL beyond 8 weeks in children (ages 5-17 years) and 12 weeks in adults have not been established.

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