inflammatory bowel disease

‘Urgent’ need for community pharmacy to play a role in medicines homecare services, review says

The independent review, commissioned by the chief pharmaceutical officer for Scotland, also said that key performance indicators for medicines homecare are “widely viewed as not fit for purpose”.…

NICE recommends new drug for ulcerative colitis that could benefit 25,000 patients

Etrasimod will be offered to patients aged over 16 years, who have had an inadequate response, lost response or were intolerant to either conventional therapy or biological treatment for moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis.…

Monoclonal antibody treatment for ulcerative colitis twice as effective as placebo, study shows

Of patients with ulcerative colitis who received the monoclonal antibody mirikizumab, 24% were in remission at the end of the trial period, compared with 13% who received placebo.…

Repeated use of antibiotics increases inflammatory bowel disease risk, study suggests

Patients aged 40 to 60 years who had been prescribed antibiotics showed the highest risk for inflammatory bowel disease.…

Antibiotic use in older adults linked to inflammatory bowel disease, research suggests

Patients aged 60 years and over who had received five or more courses of antibiotics in five years were 2.3 times more likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease.…

Only 13% of IBD teams meet standards for pharmacist involvement

A report by IBD UK, an alliance of professional bodies, has found that few inflammatory bowel disease services in the UK have enough expert pharmacists.…

‘Patients want a fresh start without the stigma’ – a day in the life of an HIV and gastroenterology pharmacist

Akwasi Mintah details a typical day providing pharmaceutial care to patients with HIV and inflammatory bowel disease.…

Untangling IBS from IBD

Although they sound similar, share some symptoms and are not mutually exclusive, irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease are two distinct conditions that require different approaches.…

Inflammatory bowel disease may be linked to increased risk of dementia

People with inflammatory bowel disease have a significantly higher risk of developing dementia later in life, a study in Gut has suggested.…

Type 2 diabetes drug may be associated with inflammatory bowel disease

Early results from a trial investigating the link between antidiabetic drugs and autoimmune diseases may have found an association, researchers have revealed…