sulfasalazine | Arthritis Information

I just started on sulflasalazine a week ago...i took 500 mg twice a day, and now i take two pills in the morning and two at night. For the past few days I have felt really nauseous and at first I thought that it was my mtx but now it's been too many days since i took it, so i doubt it's that. I looked up the sulfasalazine on the sheet the drugstore gave me and it said that nausea was a common side effect. Has anyone else had these effects? Does it sound like sulfasalazine reaction to you? Anything help you out? I had to miss class this morning because of it and I can't continue to do that!

Thanks,

Brit

britenny- i take 2 sulfalalazine pills twice a day and i havent had the nauseous feeling since i started taking folic acid. are you taking that? if not you should try it the folic acid does make a difference. Hope your feeling better soon

I started taking Sulfasalazine almost two weeks ago, my Dr. started me slower than yours...I took one a day for the first week, now I take one in the morning and one at night, next week I'll take two in the morning and one at night and the fourth week I'll take two in the morning and two at night, that's were it will stay. I have noticed that when I started taking it at night I would get nauseous when I took the second pill. BUT, I also noticed that drinking water will "usually" help with that. I have read that the nausea will usually go away as soon as your body gets used to the meds. I also take Folic Acid..one in the morning and one at night...I try to take it at least a half hour before the Sulfasalazine....HTH, GOOD LUCK!!

Thanks for the replies. Staci....just out of curiosity, how much folic acid do you take? I take 5mg seven days a week, once a day. Do you take more than this?

Brit

Hi Britenney, I was on Sulfasalazine for two months, same
amount as you two morning and two evening. It was until about
three weeks later I started to itch all over my body the
sickness was horrible, I found ginger helped, eating it in the
sweet form stopped the sickness. I was taken off of it when a
mild rash developed. I hope you have more luck then I had. All
the best. Misty[QUOTE=Britenny]

Thanks for the replies. Staci....just out of curiosity, how much folic acid do you take? I take 5mg seven days a week, once a day. Do you take more than this?

Brit

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No, actually, I take less...2 mg. a day (1 mg twice a day). I am thinking about taking more though. I don't do anything until I run it by the RD first, so that will be a call for tomorrow...Thanks for the reminder, LOL.