Is Sulfasalazine 500 mg Tablet halal?

Active ingredient(s)

• Sulfasalazine 500 mg

Inactive ingredients

5 halal · 2 uncertain · 0 concern — flagged: Magnesium Stearate, Stearic Acid

• Povidone (PVP)

  Excipient (binder)
  Looks Halal
• Magnesium Stearate

  Excipient (lubricant)
  Uncertain
• Stearic Acid

  Excipient (lubricant)
  Uncertain
• Starch (Maize/Potato)

  Excipient (filler/binder)
  Looks Halal
• Talc

  Excipient (glidant)
  Looks Halal
• Hypromellose (HPMC)

  Capsule material / coating
  Looks Halal
• Polyethylene Glycol (PEG)

  Excipient (binder/solubilizer)
  Looks Halal

Used to treat

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

Why this status

What to do next

1. Do not stop your medicine without speaking to your clinician.
2. Ask your pharmacist about the source of any flagged excipients (e.g., stearate, gelatin, glycerin).
3. Ask whether a different manufacturer or formulation has a clearer ingredient profile.
4. If fiqh nuance applies (e.g., ethanol or animal-derived), consult a qualified scholar.
5. Save to My Meds to track and re-check later.

• DailyMed — Sulfasalazine labelRegulatorHigh confidencedailymed.nlm.nih.gov
• Povidone (PVP) — FDA Inactive Ingredient Database (IIG)RegulatorHigh confidencewww.accessdata.fda.gov
• Magnesium Stearate — FDA inactive ingredient databaseRegulatorHigh confidencewww.accessdata.fda.gov
• Stearic Acid — FDA IIGRegulatorHigh confidencewww.accessdata.fda.gov
• Starch (Maize/Potato) — FDA Inactive Ingredient Database (IIG)RegulatorHigh confidencewww.accessdata.fda.gov
• Talc — FDA Inactive Ingredient Database (IIG)RegulatorHigh confidencewww.accessdata.fda.gov
• Hypromellose (HPMC) — USP HPMCScholarlyMedium confidencewww.usp.org
• Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) — FDA IIG — PEG entriesRegulatorHigh confidencewww.accessdata.fda.gov
• Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) — DailyMed — MiraLAX (PEG-3350) labelRegulatorHigh confidencedailymed.nlm.nih.gov

Halal-friendlier alternatives

Ranked by status and flagged excipients in our database. Your clinician must approve any switch.

• Asacol HD 800 mg Delayed-Release Tablet (mesalamine)

  Allergan / AbbVie · Tablet (delayed-release, Eudragit-coated)

  Listed alternate formulation — same active, different excipients or dosage form.

  Catalog pick
  Uncertain