A Rarely Seen Side Effect of Sulfasalazine: Yellowish Colour in Toenails
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports - Year 2015, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Sulfasalazine (SLZ) was the slow acting medication most often used to treat patients with ankylosing spondylitis whose symptoms were not adequately controlled with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, exercise, and rehabilitative therapies. Sulfasalazine is an older generation anti-rheumatic drug first synthesized in the 1940s as a combination of an antibiotic (sulfa pyridine) and an nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drug (5-aminosalicylic acid). Most patients can take sulfasalazine with few side effects. In this study we present a rarely seen side effect of SLZ on a patient with ankylosing spondylitis whose toenails turned gradually yellow in two years duration.
Authors and Affiliations
Ibrahim Tekeoğlu, Sinem Sağ, Ayhan Kamanli, Mustafa Serdar Sağ, Teoman Erdem
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- EP ID EP343657
- DOI 10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/21498
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