salsalate
Sign in to saveAlso known as Disalcid, 2-Carboxyphenyl salicylate, Sasapyrin, Sasapyrine, Salicyloxysalicylic acid, Disalicylsaeure, O-Salicylsalicylic acid, O-Salicylcylsalicylsaeure
Salsalate is a medication that belongs to the salicylate and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) classes.
Key facts
- Drug.Verifiedfields
- changed
- Drug.Watchedfields
- changed
- Drug.verifiedrevid
- 437202892
- Drug.IUPAC_name
- 2-(2-Hydroxybenzoyl)oxybenzoic acid
- Drug.image
- Salsalate.svg
- Drug.image_class
- skin-invert-image
- Drug.tradename
- Disalcid, Salflex
- Drug.MedlinePlus
- a682880
- Drug.pregnancy_US
- C
- Drug.legal_US
- Rx-only
- Drug.CAS_number
- 552-94-3
- Drug.ATC_prefix
- N02
- Drug.ATC_suffix
- BA06
- Drug.PubChem
- 5161
- Drug.DrugBank
- DB01399
- Drug.ChEBI
- 9014
- Drug.ChemSpiderID
- 4977
- Drug.UNII
- V9MO595C9I
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
281 papers- Salsalate.2012
- Salsalate.2006
- Salsalate: a pleotropic anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of diabetes, obesity, and metabolic diseases.Inflammopharmacology · 2023
- Salsalate reduces atherosclerosis through AMPKβ1 in mice.Molecular metabolism · 2021
- Salsalate negatively impacts microvascular function in women with endometriosis.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2025
via PubMed
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Mechanism of action
- Medical uses
- Safety
- Research
- History
- Synthesis
- References
Salsalate is a medication that belongs to the salicylate and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) classes.
Salsalate is the generic name of a prescription drug marketed under the brandnames Mono-Gesic, Salflex, Disalcid, and Salsitab. Other generic and brand name formulations may be available.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “salsalate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.