Background—The use of corticosteroids in active Crohn’s disease often becomes limited by side effects. Budesonide is a potent corticosteroid with low systemic bioavailability due to an extensive first ...

Data from a new randomized, placebo-controlled trial have demonstrated the efficacy of budesonide in inducing remission of this disease; this study is an important contribution to this field.

The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 2009;43(3):519-527.

We have compared the time course of action of fluticasone and budesonide, measuring response as change in the provocative dose of adenosine monophosphate causing a 20% fall in forced expiratory volume ...

Inhalers for COPD provide steroids, bronchodilators, or combination drugs. The three types differ in the mechanism by which the medication is inhaled and have different instructions for use. If ...