Budesonide
Budesonide is a corticosteroid. It is primarily used as inhaled prophylaxis in asthma but may also be prescribed for the relief of:
- allergic and vasomotor rhinitis
- severe skin inflammation, e.g. eczema and psoriasis
- Crohn's disease affecting the ileum or ascending colon; ulcerative colitis involving rectal and recto-sigmoid disease
Consider budesonide for a first presentation or a single inflammatory exacerbation in a 12‑month period for people:
who have one or more of distal ileal, ileocaecal or right-sided colonic disease and if conventional glucocorticosteroids are contraindicated, or if the person declines or cannot tolerate them. Budesonide is less effective than a conventional glucocorticosteroid, but may have fewer side effects.
Reference
- NICE. Crohn’s disease: management. NICE guideline NG129. Published May 2019
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