Like balsalazide, olsalazine is believed to deliver mesalazine, or 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) , past the small intestine, directly to the large intestine, which is the active site of disease in ulcerative colitis .
It is absorbed in the small intestine and broken down into two molecules of 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) .
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It is absorbed in the small intestine and broken down into two molecules of
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, past the small intestine, directly to the large intestine, which is the active site of disease in ulcerative colitis