Older people with bowel disease receive older medicines

Older people with bowel disease receive older medicines

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Inflammatory bowel disease is common amongst older people and there are big differences in the choice of treatment for different age groups. Patients over the age of 60 often receive cortisone drugs instead of more modern medicines that target the immune system. This according to a large registry study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in Gastroenterology.

Inflammatory bowel disease includes Crohn’s disease, which can affect the whole intestine, and ulcerative colitis, which affects the colon and rectum. Symptoms include blood in the stool, diarrhoea and stomach pain. Treatment consists of anti-inflammatory drugs and surgery to remove the damaged part of the intestines. The most common age of onset is …

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(2017-12-02), Older people with bowel disease receive older medicines, Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week, 2189, ISSN: 1532-4664, BUTTER® ID: 014745531