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What should I discuss with my healthcare provider before taking balsalazide (Colazal)?

Do not use this medication if you are allergic to balsalazide or to salicylates (such as aspirin, Disalcid, Doan's Pills, Dolobid, Salflex, Tricosal, and others).

If you have any of these other conditions, you may need a dose adjustment or special tests to safely take balsalazide:

• a stomach disorder called pyloric stenosis;
• kidney disease; or
• any infection that you are treating with antibiotics.

FDA pregnancy category B. This medication is not expected to be harmful to an unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment.

It is not known whether balsalazide passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. Do not use this medication without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.

How should I take balsalazide (Colazal)?

Take this medication exactly as it was prescribed for you. Do not take the medication in larger amounts, or take it for longer than recommended by your doctor. Follow the directions on your prescription label.

Take this medicine with a full glass of water.

Balsalazide can be taken with or without food.

Balsalazide is for short-term use only. Do not take this medication for longer than 12 weeks unless your doctor has told you to.

Tell your doctor if your symptoms get worse after you start taking balsalazide.

Store balsalazide at room temperature away from moisture and heat.

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