Entocort, an ORAL budesonide tablet for patients with Crohn's disease
May 1997
Astra is now marketing Entocort, an oral budesonide tablet for patients with Crohn's disease.
It's being launched first in Canada...later in the U.S.
Budesonide is a potent corticosteroid. It's also used to treat asthma (Pulmicort)...allergic rhinitis (Rhinocort)...and ulcerative colitis (Entocort enema).
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