Is there a difference

[Amhoarten]

Hi, just noticed on the medication instructions from my clinic to make sure I am prescribed the Sulfasalzine EN but my tablets say Sulfasalazine EC. Is there a difference? I've tried looking it up and can't find anything.

[Matilda7]

Gastro-resistant tablets often have 'EN' or 'EC' after the brand name

[Amhoarten in reply to Matilda7]

Ah ok so they mean the same then?

[Matilda7 in reply to Amhoarten]

Would seem so! You could always check with the pharmacist.

[nomoreheels]

I think generic sulfasalazine has EC moulded (?) on & brand names I know of, Azulfidine & Salazopyrin, have EN. As far as I know EC stands for enteric coated & EN just enteric, both being coated to be less problematic tum-wise. Your Pharmacist should know for sure though. Mine are Azulfidine EN & on one side of the tablet is KPh & on other side is 102. I can feel they're enteric coated but it doesn't say so on the tablet only on the bottle label.

[Thegreywitch]

I use the coated ons as I find the usual ones too dry to swallow.Sulfasalazine is used to manage the symptoms of inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease as well. the coated ones are given then ( I think the coated ones dissolve in a slightly different place that is better for these diseases).

The coated ones have worked for me for years, but have now stopped working.

[Hopeful1]

Salazopyrin Tablets 500 mg

Yellow-orange, round, scored tablets; marked with `KPh' on the one side and `101' on the other

side.

Salazopyrin EN Tablets 500 mg

Yellow-orange, elliptical convex, enteric coated tablets; marked with `KPh' on the one side and

`102' on the other side.

according to medsafe.govt.nz/profs/datas...

thank you for raising this as I have some gastric problems, but better than RD problems, and will now ask for enteric coated Hopeful 1