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Aliment Pharmacol Ther
October 1997
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Background: Ulcerative colitis is predominantly a disease of non-smokers, and transdermal nicotine is therapeutic but often results in side-effects. Administration of nicotine tartrate as a liquid enema decreases systemic nicotine absorption and may be effective for treatment of active distal ulcerative colitis. Ileocolonic delivery of nicotine tartrate via a delayed release oral capsule would be the preferred route to deliver nicotine to the colon.
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