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Allergy Pills vs. Nasal Sprays
By Dr. Paula J. Busse , Health Expert...in the allergy nose sprays are in the class called corticosteroids and are not what could be... Read more »
How to Manage Multiple Sclerosis Relapse: The Use of Solumedrol
By Lisa Emrich , Health Expert...neurologists may recommend a short course of high-dose corticosteroids to reduce the... Read more »
A Rash or Skin Allergies?
By Sue Chung , Health Expert...dermatologist. A doctor can offer a prescription corticosteroid ointment to reduce inflammation... Read more »
4 Reasons Severe Asthma Rates Are Declining
By Rick Frea , Health Expert...2004 to 2007 showed significantly lower use of oral corticosteroids and rescue albuterol than... Read more »
What Is It Like to Take Oral Prednisone?
By Merely Me , Health Expert... Prednisone is part of a class of drugs called corticosteroids which also... Read more »
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...nurse's awareness. What Are the Side Effects in Children? Even since anti-inflammatory therapy using corticosteroids was accepted as the front line treatment for asthma, including in children,... Read more »Paroxymsal Hemicrania: The Basics
...effective NSAIDs including celecoxib (Celebrex), calcium-channel blocking drugs (such as verapamil), and corticosteroids may be used to treat the disorder. Patients with both paroxysmal... Read more »Fibromyalgia Treatment
...significantly improved quality of life in the long term.) Injections of a local anesthetic or corticosteroid are sometimes used for severe tender point pain. Additional Therapies A... Read more »Asthma Treatment in Children
...in most cases.)An anticholinergic drug (e.g., ipratropium) is sometimes added to improve symptoms.A corticosteroid (commonly called a steroid) given within the first hour helps reduce the need for... Read more »Allergic Rhinitis: Corticosteroids
CorticosteroidsA number of drugs are available for reducing the inflammatory response in allergies.These drugs can help prevent an allergy attack from occurring.Corticosteroid Nasal SpraysNasal-spray... Read more »Images
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Medications
...(trye-am-SIN-oh-lone) Warning If you have switched from an oral corticosteroid (e.g.,... Read more »
...problems). Prednisolone is an anti-inflammatory drug (corticosteroid hormone). It works by... Read more »
...clopidogrel) "blood thinners" (e.g., warfarin) corticosteroid drugs (e.g., prednisone) ... Read more »
...contains salmeterol in combination with fluticasone (a corticosteroid). It is not known if... Read more »
...patch) medications that can cause bone loss (e.g., corticosteroids such as prednisone) ... Read more »
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Corticosteroids Linked to Pneumonia
January 09, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Inhaling corticosteroids to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may cause pneumonia, a new study shows. The lung... Read summary »
Obesity Dangerous for Asthmatics
September 15, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Asthma and obesity is a dangerous combination. New research conducted by Kaiser Permanente shows obese people with the... Read summary »
Children Looking to Enhance Performance too
July 13, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Some kids are willing to do anything to excel in sports. A new study reports more than one in 100 11-year-olds admit to using... Read summary »
Blog: Corticosteroids can increase the risk of osteoporosis
October 02, 2008Blogger Peter Ellis was recently diagnosed with osteoporosis, which he believes was caused by his asthma medication. According to experts, patients... Read summary »
Analysis: Asthma patients can cut dose
October 03, 2008Some experts say mild asthma sufferers can cut down their dose of corticosteroid medications and still control asthma symptoms. A study involving 500... Read summary »
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