Inflammatoiy bowel disease

Bismudi subsalicylate is used in combination witii otiier dru > to treat gastric and duodenal ulcers caused by H. pylori bacteria Mesalamine is used in the treatment of chronic inflammatoiy bowel disease Misoprostol is used to prevent gastric ulcers in those taking aspirin or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory dragp in high doses for a prolonged time Olsalazine is used in the treatment of ulcerative colitis in those allergic to sulfasalazine. Sulfasalazine is used in the treatment of Crohn s disease and ulcerative colitis. Sucralfate is used in the treatment of duodenal ulcer. 

Oxidative stress, rather than being the primary cause of disease, is more often a secondary complication in many disorders. Oxidative stress diseases include inflammatoiy bowel diseases, retinal ischemia, cardiovascular disease and restenosis, AIDS, ARDS, and neurodegenerative diseases such as stroke. Parkin-son s disease, and Alzheimer s disease. Such indications may prove amenable to antioxidant treatment because there is a clear involvement of oxidative injury in these disorders. 

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