Open AccessCyclosporine and inflammatory bowel disease: buying time
Author(s) -
Maarten A.C. Meijssen
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
mediators of inflammation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.37
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1466-1861
pISSN - 0962-9351
DOI - 10.1080/09629359891054
Subject(s) - ulcerative colitis , medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , corticosteroid , disease , crohn's disease , gastroenterology , colitis , immunology
Cyclosporine is an effective drug in acute exacerbations of corticosteroid resistant ulcerative colitis, but its efficacy to maintain disease remission is not clear. Cyclosporine may not be as effective in Crohn's disease. However, being a rapidly acting immunosuppressant, cyclosporine may be a valuable therapeutic option in the short-term to treat corticosteroid resistant Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
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