Drugs used in inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and crohn’sdisease)

Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory condition of the rectum and colon; crohni’s disease
can involve the whole intestine.

• Both diseases can lead to pain and abdominal discomfort. Two groups of drugs used
  to treat both conditions are

1. corticosteroids e.g. prednisolone
2. drugs related to sulphonamides e.g. sulfasalazine.