A Client with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Prescribed Budesonide (Entocort-EC)and

A client with inflammatory bowel disease is prescribed budesonide (Entocort-EC) and asks why this drug is ordered.The nurse correctly explains:

A) The pharmacist will be making rounds this shift,and will explain the rationale to you at that time."
B) Your health care provider ordered this medication to treat the underlying disease pathology."
C) This is a corticosteroid that is not absorbed and remains in the intestine to treat the inflammation locally,without causing significant systemic effects."
D) This is a systemic corticosteroid that will decrease system wide inflammation."