28th February 2024

A 38-year-old lady with a one-year history of ulcerative colitis (UC) presents to the gastroenterology clinic with aggravating symptoms.

A 38-year-old lady with a one-year history of ulcerative colitis (UC) presents to the gastroenterology clinic with aggravating symptoms. These include abdominal pain, weight loss and bloody diarrhoea, for over four weeks. She reports that she has been taking oral mesalamine as previously prescribed. A course of oral prednisolone, 40mg once daily for four weeks, is now planned for her until remission occurs. You have been asked to discuss the treatment with the patient.

Select the most appropriate information which needs to be communicated to the patient from the following options: [one option only]