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Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Gastroenterology
When do you consider de-escalation from combination therapy with anti-TNFs and thiopurines to monotherapy with anti-TNFs in patients with IBD?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
I withdraw the thiopurine if after 1 year the patient has achieved the goals of care.
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