A 29-year-old male presents with chronic diarrhoea and abdominal pain. Colonoscopy confirms Crohn's disease involving the terminal ileum. According to...

Question

A 29-year-old male presents with chronic diarrhoea and abdominal pain. Colonoscopy confirms Crohn's disease involving the terminal ileum. According to NICE, which medication is first-line for inducing remission in mild to moderate ileocaecal Crohn's disease?

Accepted Answer

Oral budesonide

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Oral azathioprine

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Infliximab infusion

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Total parenteral nutrition

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Surgical resection

ukmla MCQ (SBA): Crohn's disease

A 29-year-old male presents with chronic diarrhoea and abdominal pain. Colonoscopy confirms Crohn's disease involving the terminal ileum. According to NICE, which medication is first-line for inducing remission in mild to moderate ileocaecal Crohn's disease?