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Reasonable application of  5aminosalicylic acid in inflammatory bowel  disease treatment

  

  1. Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University;
    Hebei Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology; Hebei Institute of Gastroenterology, Shijiazhuang 050000,China
  • Online:2016-08-05 Published:2016-07-30
  • Contact: Corresponding author: Zhang Xiaolan,Email: xiaolanzh@126.com

Abstract: 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) is the earliest medication widely used for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treatment with little side effect. However, improper use of drugs often appear in clinic. The present article mainly introduced the development history, therapeutic mechanism,reasonable application and side effect of 5-ASA in IBD treatment as well as its chemopreventive effect on IBDassociated colonic cancer with the purpose of  5-ASA beneficial use.

Key words: inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal neoplasms ;5-aminosalicylic acid, treatment