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What treatment options do you consider after TNF failure in intestinal Behcet's with ongoing steroid dependence?

Wu et al., PMID 42714930
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Gastroenterology · Mayo Clinic
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Colonic Behcet’s does not necessarily respond the way that IBD does. The evidence base for alternative therapies includes anti-interleukin-1, -6 and anti CD20. Anti Il-12/23 have also been used. Would discuss with a rheumatologist about which options are reasonable, depending on where else there are...

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Gastroenterology · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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I like apremilast for joint manifestations; but for intestinal BD, I’d prefer tacrolimus.

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