Healthy volunteers | Ulcerative colitis patients | ||||
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Drug | 5-ASA | N-acetyl-5-ASA | 5-ASA | N-acetyl-5-ASA | |
Faecal 5-ASA and N-acetyl-5-ASA excretion | |||||
Asacol | 6 [3–13] | 14 [3–19] | 28 (4) | 15 (2) | |
Pentasa | 7 (1) | 20 (2) | 13 (2) | 25(3) | |
Olsalazine | 12 (2) | 10 (2) | 36 (5) | 16 (3) | |
Urinary 5-ASA andN-acetyl-5-ASA excretion | |||||
Asacol | N/A | N/A | 6 (2) | 24 (5) | |
Pentasa | 4 (3) | 27 (3) | 6 (2) | 31 (8) | |
Olsalazine | 2 (3) | 23 (3) | 3 (1) | 19 (3) |
Values are percentage mean (SEM) or [range] of ingested dose.
N/A, data not available.
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