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Besides Remicade, what other medications can be used for inflammatory bowel disease?

Todd Eisner
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Todd D. Eisner, M.D. is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and...

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I have Ulcerative colitis and have been treated with Remicade, which seems to be losing effectiveness. Can any of the other biologics be used?   There are currently three other biologics that are FDA approved for inflammatory bowel disease, but currently only Remicade is approved for Ulcerativ...
  1. Remicade stops working over time
    Mike Doyle
    Wednesday, February 04, 2009 at 05:35 AM

    After a period of time Remicade stopped working for me too.  I switched to Low-Dose Naltrexone (LDN), an inexpensive medication with fewer side-effects than aspirin and I feel better than I have felt in years.  The US Government spent millions developing naltrexone and naloxone for the "War on Drugs".  If they spent some money to get LDN approved for autoimmune conditions, Medicare, for example, would save the development costs in a couple of years.

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