Ulcerative Colitis : Drugs
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Azathioprine lowers your body's immune system. The immune system helps your body
fight infections. The immune system can also fight or "reject" a transplanted organ such as a
liver or kidney. This is because the immune system treats the new organ as an invader.
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Azathioprine is a non-specific immunosuppressant antimetabolite that can be used as a chemotherapeutic agent to inhibit lymphocyte purine metabolism. In the United States, azathioprine is also known by the brand name Imuran.
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Immunosuppressive antimetabolite.
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Sulfasalazine affects a substance in the body that causes inflammation, tissue damage, and
diarrhea.
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Mesalamine affects a substance in the body that causes inflammation, tissue damage, and
diarrhea.
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Hydrocortisone is a steroid medicine that reduces inflammation in the body.
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Immunosuppressive agent and disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD); cyclic polypeptide.
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Cylosporine is an immunosuppressant drug used to prevent rejection of kidney, liver, and heart transplants, to prevent graft-versus-host disease in patients receiving allogeneic bone marrow transplants, and for severe autoimmune diseases that are resistant to corticosteroids and other therapy. Cyclosporine, also spelled as cyclosporin and ciclosporin, takes several brand names in the United States, including Neoral, Sandimmun, Sandimmune, and Sang Cya.
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The 5-amino derivative of salicyclic acid; a GI anti-inflammatory agent.
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Glucocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex; also exhibits mineralocorticoid activity.
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Hydrocortisone is in a class of drugs called steroids. Hydrocortisone prevents the release
of substances in the body that cause inflammation.
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Prednisone is in a class of drugs called steroids. Prednisone prevents the release of
substances in the body that cause inflammation.
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Methylprednisolone is in a class of drugs called steroids. Methylprednisolone prevents the
release of substances in the body that cause inflammation.
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Mercaptopurine is a cancer medication that interferes with the growth of cancer cells and
slows their growth and spread in the body.
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Antineoplastic and immunosuppressive agent; purine antagonist.
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Mercaptopurine is a medicine used to prevent the formation and spread of cancer cells. Purpose Mercaptopurine is used as part of the consolidation and maintenance treatment for acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and acute myelocytic leukemia (AML).
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Mesalamine affects a substance in the body that causes inflammation, tissue damage, and
diarrhea.
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Synthetic glucocorticoid; minimal mineralocorticoid activity.
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Cyclosporine lowers your body's immune system. The immune system helps your body
fight infections. The immune system can also fight or "reject" a transplanted organ such as a
liver or kidney. This is because the immune system treats the new organ as an invader.
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Synthetic glucocorticoid; minimal mineralocorticoid activity.
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Prodrug converted in vivo to sulfapyridine (a sulfonamide anti-infective) and 5-aminosalicylic acid (mesalamine; anti-inflammatory agent).
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