Nicotine patches or enemas for ulcerative colitis

June 1997

    There's growing support for using nicotine patches or enemas for ulcerative colitis.

    There's something going on in the relationship between smoking and ulcerative colitis. The disease is much LESS common among smokers...and nicotine patches relieve symptoms in some patients.

    Researchers suspect nicotine might reduce GI inflammation.

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