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View Post: Crohn Disease Therapy - Researchers from University of Calgary ...
20 Nov 2009
According to a study from Canada, "Therapy with adalimumab has been shown to be effective in Crohn's disease (CD) patients who have lost response or are intolerant to infliximab. To determine the efficacy of adalimumab in CD patients ...
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View Post: Crohn's treatment
27 Nov 2009 by Evan  
Infliximab (Remicade). This drug is the first of a group of medications that blocks the body's inflammation response. The US Food and Drug Administration approved the drug for the treatment of moderate to severe Crohn's disease that ...
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View Post: Keeping Crohn's Disease in Check
6 Jun 2009
Researchers divided 508 patients, with moderate to severe Crohn's disease who had not previously been treated with the drugs involved in the study, into three groups. One group received both infliximab and azathioprine, ...
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View Post: Infliximab (Remicade) cuts need for surgery in ulcerative colitis ...
14 Oct 2009 by pillscribe  
Infliximab or Remicade is a chimeric monoclonal antibody that reduces production of TNF-alpha (tumour necrosis factor alpha) which has been shown to be part of the autoimmune component in Crohn's Disease and rehoumatoid arthritis. ...
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View Post: New data confirm the remission of Crohn's disease
29 Oct 2009 by Ceydilek  
Around 69% of patients with Crohn's disease of moderate to severe and high levels of C reactive protein (CRP) and mucosal lesions go into remission with combination therapy of infliximab and azathioprine according to a subanalysis of ...
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View Post: CORRECTION: NICE issues preliminary guidance (ACD) on infliximab ...
15 Sep 2009
1.2 Infliximab, within its licensed indications, is recommended as a treatment option for people with severe active Crohn's disease as induction treatment followed by maintenance treatment, only in one or more of the following ...
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View Post: Infliximab, a Drug for Crohn's Disease
11 Oct 2009 by ElhamV495K  
Crohn's Disease (CD) patients undergoing IFX treatment down-regulate the expression levels of the vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM-1) and CD40 on the intestinal mucosal endothelium, thus inhibiting T-cell recruitment. ...
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