COMBINATIONS OF ANTIOXIDANTS AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS IN THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

摘要

Disclosed herein are compositions comprising 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and an antioxidant, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating an inflammatory bowel disease in a subject, reducing cytokine gene expression in colonic tissue of a subject, and reducing myeloperoxide activity in colonic tissue of a subject, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising 5-ASA, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and an antioxidant, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.