title: [Successful acute treatment of chronic inflammatory intestinal diseases with oral 5-aminosalicylic acid].
abstract: The effectiveness of oral 5-aminosalicylic acid (0.5 g t.i.d.) and of salazosulfapyridine (1.0 g t.i.d.) was compared in a randomized controlled study in two groups with 30 patients each with ulcerative colitis and with Crohn's disease. Persistent complaints within the first 5 days were treated with additional methyl-prednisolone (40 mg/d initially). After treatment for 8 weeks patients with ulcerative colitis showed morphologic remissions in 60% of the 5-aminosalicylic acid group and in 53% of the salazosulfapyridine group. Clinical improvement was achieved in 86% in both groups. Clinical improvement in Crohn's disease was seen in 87% of patients of the 5-aminosalicylic acid group and in 80% of the salazosulfapyridine group. This was evidenced by the significant fall (P = 0,0001) of the mean activity index. Additional steroid medication was nearly equal in both treatment groups. There were no side effects during treatment with 5-aminosalicylic acid. In contrast, salazosulfapyridine had to be withdrawn in four patients due to signs of intolerance. 5-Aminosalicylic acid can thus be considered a valuable alternative to conventional treatment on the basis of equal effectiveness as salazosulfapyridine and lack of undesirable side effects.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Frühmorgen
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bode
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heller
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: von Gaisberg
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Klotz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000636:Aminosalicylic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019804:Mesalamine; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D012460:Sulfasalazine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000636:Aminosalicylic Acids; D012460:Sulfasalazine; D019804:Mesalamine; D008775:Methylprednisolone
vernacular_title: Erfolgreiche Akutbehandlung chronisch-entzündlicher Darmerkrankungen mit oraler 5-Aminosalicylsäure.