Table 2.
Patients receiving budesonide as second-line therapy
Pre-budesonidetherapy PRD(mg/d) | AZA(mg/d) | URSO(mg/d) | Diagnosis | Side effects of PRD or AZA | |
Acute exacerbation of the disease | |||||
B.S. | 0 | 100 | 0 | AIH | no |
D.H. | 0 | 100 | 0 | AIH-PBC | no |
F.C. | 0 | 100 | 0 | AIH | no |
G.W. | 10 | 0 | 0 | AIH-PBC | no |
No response to PRD | |||||
S.H-D. | 40 | 0 | 1000 | AIH-PSC | Headache, hypertension |
Side effects of the drugs | |||||
K.C. | 10 | 100 | 0 | AIH | Weight gain of 20 kg |
B.R. | 5 | 0 | 0 | AIH | Osteoporosis, myopathy |
S.U. | 10 | 50 | 750 | AIH-PSC | Pancreatitis |