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Question: My son was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis fourteen years ago. He was given IV infusions of a drug that put him in total remission. He hasn't had any trouble since then. A friend of ours is having the same trouble he did. I can't find the records, nor the doctor and I'm quite sure something new and improved has come along, but from my memory I want to say it was methotrexate. Could I be correct? Yet, nothing I read about UC even mentions it.
Brief Answer:
Not for ulcerative colitis
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
nobody could guess what the drug was of course but methotrexate has been used for Crohn's disease which is a very similar inflammatory bowel disease. In ulcerative colitis though, no medical study has shown substantial improvement.
Perhaps you're confusing it for cyclosporine or 6-Mercaptopurine. Intravenous steroids have been used also.
The newer drugs (tumor necrosis factor inhibitors) were just making their appearance at that time, so I suppose it would be more likely that such an agent was not used back then.
I hope you find my answer helpful!
Kind Regards!
Not for ulcerative colitis
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
nobody could guess what the drug was of course but methotrexate has been used for Crohn's disease which is a very similar inflammatory bowel disease. In ulcerative colitis though, no medical study has shown substantial improvement.
Perhaps you're confusing it for cyclosporine or 6-Mercaptopurine. Intravenous steroids have been used also.
The newer drugs (tumor necrosis factor inhibitors) were just making their appearance at that time, so I suppose it would be more likely that such an agent was not used back then.
I hope you find my answer helpful!
Kind Regards!
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