Medical therapies for inflammatory bowel disease

Hosp Pract (1995). 1998 May 15;33(5):141-4, 149-51, 156 passim. doi: 10.1080/21548331.1998.11443696.

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel disease is a spectrum of disorders whose etiology and pathogenesis are unclear. No therapy is standard; many modalities exist for management. New drugs, improved formulations of existing drugs, combination therapy and biologic agents offer more effective relief and maintain disease remission.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use
  • Azathioprine / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / etiology
  • Mesalamine / therapeutic use
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / immunology

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Mesalamine
  • Azathioprine