The present invention is directed to methods for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory diseases, disorders, and conditions of gastrointestinal tract by administering to a patient in need of such treatment, conjugate compounds of Formula VII having low oral-bioavailability, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, or solvate thereof: wherein M represents a macrolide subunit possessing the property of accumulation in inflammatory cells, T represents an anti-inflammatory subunit that can be a steroid or nonsteroid (nonsteroidal moiety) derived from a non-steroid drug with anti-inflammatory, analgesic and/or antipyretic activity (NSAID) and L represents a linker covalently linking M and T. The present disclosure is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions containing conjugate compounds of Formula VII having low oral-bioavailability.