Its efficacy in maintaining clinical remission needs to be confirmed in a randomized controlled trial.

Aminosalicylates are used both to help control symptoms and to maintain remission of the disease.

Treatment options are restricted to controlling symptoms, maintaining remission, and preventing relapse.

Treatment for Crohn's disease is only when symptoms are active and involve first treating the acute problem, then maintaining remission.

These medicines can be used to maintain remission in ulcerative colitis.

Once a satisfactory response has been obtained, the dosage is normally adjusted to the lowest level required to maintain remission and avoid relapse.

Although some people are able to maintain remission with aminosalicylates alone, many require immunosuppressive drugs.

Ketotifen has recently been suggested as a new treatment for maintaining remission and preventing relapse.

Management of ulcerative colitis involves first treating the acute symptoms of the disease, then maintaining remission.

An analysis of 13 studies found that probiotics may help people with ulcerative colitis maintain remission.