Abstract
Sulfasalazine, a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD), has a well established role in the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, and inflammatory bowel disease—diseases in which therapeutic benefit may primarily derive from the drug's inhibitory effect on tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and prostaglandin synthesis. In view of this mechanism, it is of note that several independent studies identified baseline treatment with sulfasalazine or mesalamine as a major risk factor (second only to rituximab and other B cell-depleting therapies) for severe COVID-19 in patients with autoimmune and rheumatic diseases.
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