Ulcerative colitis hormones are usually used for 8-12 weeks, when the acute attack of ulcerative colitis, through the use of hormones to relieve the symptoms of 1-2 weeks after the beginning of the reduction and until the maintenance dose, the total use of time is about 8-12 weeks. In most cases of ulcerative colitis, the symptoms can be controlled by the use of salicylazosulfapyridine or aminosalicylic acid, if the use of these drugs for 1-2 weeks is still ineffective, it is necessary to consider the use of hormones to control the symptoms. For some patients who usually have oral hormone therapy process, the acute attack should be changed to intravenous use, you can choose hydrocortisone or methylprednisolone and so on.