Older patients with Crohn's disease benefit from new medications
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
Combining medications that suppress the immune system has been successful in treating young patients with Crohn's disease, but some physicians have been reluctant to use this strategy in older patients because of concerns about safety. Now a new study indicates that older patients can be safely and effectively treated with such combined immunosuppression as well.