Table 7.

Drugs for the treatment of CD

Drug	Infliximab
Dosage	5 mg/kg per infusion; usually started at wk 0, 2, and 6 and then repeated every 8 wk if necessary
Indications	Chronically active disease, steroid-refractory and steroid-dependency, maintenance, fistulae
Important side effects	Nausea, headache, abdominal pain, infections, sepsis; infusions reactions (early or delayed), reactivation of tuberculosis
Monitoring	Vital signs around infusion
Pregnancy	Unknown
Comments	Exclude tuberculosis before infusions, consider concommittant use of imunosuppressants (azathioprine) to reduce antibody formation