Budesonide Enema

BACKGROUND Therapy for active left-sided ulcerative colitis usually involves topical application of mesalazine (mesalamine) or… (More)

BACKGROUND Rectal budesonide is an effective treatment of active ulcerative proctitis or proctosigmoiditis. AIM To compare the… (More)

BACKGROUND Pouchitis has been suggested to be a recurrence of ulcerative colitis in a colon-like mucosa. Topical steroids are a… (More)

BACKGROUND Glucocorticosteroid enemas are equally effective as 5-ASA enemas in the treatment of active distal ulcerative colitis… (More)

BACKGROUND & AIMS Budesonide is a highly potent topical glucocorticosteroid that is characterized by low systemic availability as… (More)

BACKGROUND Budesonide is a new corticosteroid with high topical anti-inflammatory activity but little systemic effect. The aim of… (More)

METHODS Efficacy and safety of the topically acting glucocorticosteroid budesonide retention enema (2.3 mg/115 mL) were compared… (More)

BACKGROUND The aim was to compare budesonide enema, 2 mg/100 mL (Entocort) and hydrocortisone acetate foam enema, 125 mg… (More)

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether budesonide enema (2 mg/100 ml) had a significantly better effect than placebo in… (More)

Sixty-four patients with active distal ulcerative colitis participated in a multicentre, randomized, investigator-blind trial to… (More)