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		caf on Dec 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Crohn’s Disease: Is the Cold Chain Hypothesis Stil... I don't think Budesonide is a biologic, is it? As far as I'm aware it's an expensive steroid that often has many fewer side-effects.

epgui on Dec 6, 2021 | [–]

You're correct, budesonide is not a biologic, it is a corticosteroid. "Biologic" was most likely in reference to inflectra / infliximab.

bladegash on Dec 6, 2021 | [–]

Ah yes, poorly worded sentence. Inflectra was the biologic, whereas budesonide would be an alternative to a systemic corticosteroid such as prednisone.

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