Colonic inflammatory bowel disease

Medical therapies for colonic Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis

Jim K. Tung Dr Tung is a fellow, department of gastroenterology, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, Massachusetts.

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Andrew S. Warner Dr Warner is assistant professor of medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, and chairman, department of gastroenterology, Lahey Clinic.Correspondence[email protected]

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Advances in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the past decade include 5-aminosalicylic preparations with fewer adverse effects; new, rapidly metabolized corticosteroids; and new agents targeted at refractory or complicated IBD. Dr Tung and Dr Warner discuss the use of these and more traditional drugs in patients with colonic Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, stressing the need for individualized treatment.

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