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View Post: Hepatitis C New Drugs: HCV Herb glossary/Caution! Herbs and ...
9 hours ago by Janis and Friends Hepatitis C Blog  
Not recommended for use in cases of oral history of the intestine as eg Crohn's disease, colitis, inflammation of the appendix, abdominal pain. Should be used with caution in patients with Diabetes, hypoglycemia, heart, kidney, .... Being regarded as a stimulant of the immune system, should be administered with caution in patients with autoimmune diseases, ie autoimmune hepatitis, cirrhosis primary ball in combination with immunosuppressive drugs that steriode, ...
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View Post: SEROVERA® BLOG: People on Immunosuppressive Therapies May Be More ...
6 Nov 2009 by noreply@blogger.com (Evan)  
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients who are being treated with immunosuppressive medications may be at increased risk for non-melanoma skin cancer, a new U.S. study says. Researchers analyzed data on 26403 Crohn's disease patients ...
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View Post: Any Information Of Crohn's Disease?
Crohn's Disease Library ...
2 Dec 2009 by Crohn's Disease   ...
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View Post: VIDEO: Dr Mutlu - How Is Crohn's Disease Treated?
26 Oct 2009 by Dr. Ece Mutlu  
There are many types of treatments available for Crohn's disease. Typically, these treatments involve decreasing the response of the immune system, and they are what we would call immunosuppressive medications. ...
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View Post: Study reveals possible link between IBD therapy and skin cancer ...
26 Oct 2009
Each IBD patient in the cohort study was matched according to age, gender and region of the country with three randomly selected control patient records who did not have Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. ... "The increased risk of NMSC in patients with IBD is likely related to the immunosuppressive medications used to treat the disease, although we can't rule out changes to the immune system itself as a result of IBD as contributing to this risk,” explains Dr. Long ...
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View Post: Conference report: Possible link between thiopurines and skin ...
2 Nov 2009
Recent use (within 90 days) of any immunosuppressive medication was associated with greater risk of NMSC (adjusted Odds Ratio (OR) 3.28), as was recent use of the thiopurine class of immunosuppressive medications (adjusted OR 3.56) and ... Persistent use of biologic medications in patients with Crohn's disease was associated with NMSC (adjusted OR 2.18). According to the report, the researchers recommend that 'long term management plans for IBD patients should stress the ...
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View Post: Some IBD Drugs May Raise Skin Cancer Risk - on RxList
27 Oct 2009
"It is important for people living with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, and physicians treating these diseases, to remain vigilant throughout the course of treatment, regardless of the type of immunosuppressive therapy," Kenney ...
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View Post: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Clinical Trial: Efficacy Safety ...
29 Nov 2009
informed consent signed; Age between 18 to 64; Patient suffering from chronic inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or indeterminate colitis); For patients receiving at least one immunosuppressive or anti-TNF ...
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View Post: ACG: Bowel Disease Linked to Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer - Risk is ...
26 Oct 2009
Millie Long, M.D., of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study of 26403 patients with Crohn's disease and 26974 patients with ulcerative colitis who were each matched with ... They also found that nested case-control participants with inflammatory bowel disease who had recent use of any immunosuppressive medication had a higher risk of non-melanoma skin cancer (adjusted odds ratio, 3.28), especially if the ...
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View Post: Drugs for Inflammatory Bowel Might Increase Cancer Risk
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27 Nov 2009 by Dr. Buttar's Blog Mistress   ...
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