Please see ccfa
There are several types of medications treat Crohn’s disease. Learn more about drugs that are prescribed to induce remission and provide maintenance therapy to decrease the frequency of Crohn’s flares.
www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org
Immunosuppressants are methotrexate and 6-mp/imuran
biologics suppress the immune system as well
Anti tnf alpha drugs are remicade , humira , cimiza and simponi
IL-12/IL-23 Stelara
Entyvio does a different pathway
all affect/suppress the immune system
All have been around for years
Remicade and humira for decades - both have excellent safety profiles
Everyone reacts differently to biologics and the type of biologic that works for your child may Not Work for someone else
Also just because remicade or humira worked well doesn’t meant Stelara will work as well
Or entyvio
conversely if remicade didn’t work
Stelara may or may not work