Vitamin E suppositories could treat ulcerative colitis

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Vitamin E suppositories could treat ulcerative colitis

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Vitamin E suppositories may be a potential treatment for ulcerative colitis –

a condition which lacks a disease-specific treatment at present, a small

study suggests. Fifteen patients with mild to moderate ulcerative colitis were

given rectal d-alpha tocopherol (vitamin E) at a hospital in Tehran, Iran.

 

After 12 weeks, 14 patients showed a clinical response greater than two on

the Mayo clinical disease activity index, with no blood in stool. Nine

patients went into remission.

 

Although this is a small pilot study without controls, the authors suggest

that their results show that the effect is better than a placebo.

 

They say that vitamin E's antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties may

account for the result.

 

World Journal of Gastroenterology (2008) 14: 5990-5995

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