The best for you that your family doctor check your progress at regular appointments . This drug may cause blood problems, especially if it is taken for a long time.
If your symptoms - including diarrhea do not improve within 1 or 2 months, or if they become worse, check with your family doctor.
Sulfasalazine may cause blood problems. These problems may result in a greater risk of certain infections, slow healing and bleeding of the gums. Therefore, you must be careful when using regular toothbrushes, dental floss, and toothpicks. Dental work must be delayed until your blood counts have returned to normal. Check with your family doctor or dentist if you have any questions about proper oral hygiene - mouth care during treat.
Sulfasalazine may cause your skin to be more sensitive to sunlight than it is normally. Exposure to sunlight, even for brief periods of time, may cause a skin rash, itching, redness or other discoloration of the skin, or a severe sunburn. When you begin taking this drug:
If you have a severe reaction from the sun, check with your family doctor .
This drug may also cause some people to become dizzy Make sure you know how you react to this drug before you drive, use machines, or do anything else that could be dangerous if you are dizzy . If this reaction is especially bothersome, check with your family doctor.
Before you have any medical tests, tell the family doctor in charge that you are taking this drug. The results of the bentiromide - Chymex test for pancreas function are effected by this drug.