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What Is The Side Effect Of Salazopyrin 500?

Had acute RH flair.claimed to be arthritis.given Salazopyrin 500 daily increasing weekly.however had lung cancer and had lobe tommy.but R10 node left post had chemo and radium . Now scared about taken med ,salazopyrin as it may stimulate lymph noder.he
Tue, 27 Feb 2018
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a direct carcinogenic effect of Sulfasalazine has not been ruled out. given that ulcerative colitis is highly associated with cancer you'd think they'd have looked into this, but no.
it's a maybe
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What Is The Side Effect Of Salazopyrin 500?

a direct carcinogenic effect of Sulfasalazine has not been ruled out. given that ulcerative colitis is highly associated with cancer you d think they d have looked into this, but no. it s a maybe