Citation

Lourie J (2019) A Novel Use of Liraglutide: Induction of Partial Remission in Ulcerative Colitis and Ankylosing Spondylitis. Clin Med Rev Case Rep 6:281. doi.org/10.23937/2378-3656/1410281

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CASE REPORT | OPEN ACCESS DOI: 10.23937/2378-3656/1410281

A Novel Use of Liraglutide: Induction of Partial Remission in Ulcerative Colitis and Ankylosing Spondylitis

Jeffrey Lourie*

North Branch Health, Montpelier, Vermont, United States of America

Abstract

Ulcerative colitis and ankylosing spondylitis treatment options are limited to a few classes of medications at this time. Those options provide improvement for some patients, but leaves many with ongoing, unremitting symptoms. We report a case of ulcerative colitis (UC) with comorbid ankylosing spondylitis (AS), in which administration of a daily subcutaneous liraglutide, an exogenous Glucagon-like Peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA), led to symptomatic remission of UC and significant improvement in AS symptoms.