UNC Health Provider Ushers in First FDA-Approved Medication for Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an allergic condition of the esophagus that is on the rise throughout the United States.
- Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an allergic condition of the esophagus that is on the rise throughout the United States.
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Evan Dellon, MD, MPH, professor of medicine at the UNC School of Medicine and director of the Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing. - There is one approved treatment for EoE in several other countries, but it is not available for use in the United States.
- Dellon believes that initially most doctors will prescribe the therapy for their more severe patients who weren’t responding to prior therapies.