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Re:Crohn’s Disease: Is the Cold Chain Hypothesis Still Hot? by caf on Sunday December 05, 2021 @08:38PM (#29455237)
I don't think Budesonide is a biologic, is it? As far as I'm aware it's an expensive steroid that often has many fewer side-effects.
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Re:Crohn’s Disease: Is the Cold Chain Hypothesis Still Hot? by epgui on Sunday December 05, 2021 @08:40PM (#29455252)
You're correct, budesonide is not a biologic, it is a corticosteroid. "Biologic" was most likely in reference to inflectra / infliximab.
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Re:Crohn’s Disease: Is the Cold Chain Hypothesis Still Hot? by bladegash on Sunday December 05, 2021 @09:07PM (#29455410)
Ah yes, poorly worded sentence. Inflectra was the biologic, whereas budesonide would be an alternative to a systemic corticosteroid such as prednisone.
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