Steroids vs Dietary Therapy to Treat Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Potential Advantages of Medical Therapy in Adults

Medical therapy has been shown to effectively induce both symptomatic and histologic remission in some patients with EoE. Advantages of this approach include the ease of administration of the medications as well as the limited impact of this treatment approach on lifestyle. This treatment plan allows patients to eat normally, and does not mandate dietary restrictions. While an endoscopy after treatment institution often is performed to ensure that the medication is working, the medical treatment approach does not require multiple additional endoscopies, as are often performed in dietary therapy. Medical therapy does, however, require chronic daily use of medications with potential side effects.