A REVIEW ON CURRENT AND EMERGING TREATMENT STRATEGIES OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS

Historically, medical therapy for ulcerative colitis (UC) was limited to corticosteroids. Excitingly, over the past just 1–2 decades, the options for medical therapy have expanded and include biologics and small molecules, with more agents actively being developed. In this article, we review the current and emerging treatment strategies for UC stratified according to disease severity.

Keywords: ulcerative colitis; biologic; small molecule; colectomy