Balsalazide Disodium: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Balsalazide Disodium is a medicine sold in the U.S. under 2 brand and generic names. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Available as
- Capsule · Tablet
- Sold as
- 2 products — Colazal and Giazo
- Prescription?
- Prescription only
- Generic available?
- Not in our catalog
- What the pharmacy pays
- about $11 for a 30-count supply — not your price
Every balsalazide disodium product we track (2)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
| # | Drug | Rating | Type | Form | Generic? | Pharmacy pays | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 74/100 | Prescription | Capsule | Generic | $11 | View → | |
| 2 | 74/100 | Prescription | Tablet | Generic | $11 | View → |
What balsalazide disodium pills look like
Imprint codes, colour and shape from the FDA’s labelling data. Match the imprint on your pill — or search any imprint.
Can you crush or split balsalazide disodium?
At least one balsalazide disodiumproduct is labelled to be swallowed whole — crushing an extended-release tablet releases the whole day’s dose at once. Which applies depends on the form you were given.
What each balsalazide disodium label says about crushing, splitting and chewingHow long balsalazide disodium keeps
No balsalazide disodium label we read sets a separate limit for after opening, but they do specify how it must be stored — and the stability behind any date assumes those conditions.
What people report to the FDA about balsalazide disodium
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 511 reports naming balsalazide disodium, and the FDA flagged 45% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- diarrhoea43 reports
- injection site pain39 reports
- colitis ulcerative32 reports
- fatigue31 reports
- arthralgia30 reports
- nausea29 reports
- rash23 reports
- headache21 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean balsalazide disodium caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved September 25, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
Can you take balsalazide disodium with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run balsalazide disodium against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What brand names is balsalazide disodium sold under?
We track 2 balsalazide disodium-containing products in the U.S.: Colazal and Giazo. They are the same active ingredient; they differ in form, manufacturer, price and FDA recall record.
What forms does balsalazide disodium come in?
Across the brands we track, balsalazide disodium is currently marketed as capsule and tablet, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.
Is there a generic balsalazide disodium?
We do not currently list a generic-labelled balsalazide disodium product. That does not always mean none exists — it means none appears under a generic name in the FDA data we track. Ask your pharmacist.
Cite this page
- APA
- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Balsalazide Disodium: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/balsalazide-disodium
- MLA
- “Balsalazide Disodium: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/balsalazide-disodium.
We summarise public FDA and NIH sources — for a clinical claim, cite the primary source we link to as well.
Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for balsalazide disodium on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.