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Health Encyclopedia: Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
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Patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis face great uncertainty, since the course of the illness varies so widely among patients. Experts recommend a multidisciplinary approach to the disease, which might involve a neurologist, a nurse or social worker expert in MS, and possibly a specialist in mental health (since depression is so common and the suicide rate is higher than average).
Decisions to Treat MS after First Indications (Clinically Isolated Syndromes)
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Beginner's Guide to MS: Solumedrol, It's All The Rage!!
By Lisa Emrich , Health Expert...high doses of glucocorticoid steroids, specifically Methylprednisolone.Solumedrol, a potent... Read more »
FDA Approves Forteo® for Steroid-Induced Osteoporosis
By Pam Flores , Health Expert...these are hydrocortisone, prednisone, cortisone, and methylprednisolone. Osteoporosis caused by... Read more »
Nutritional considerations during steroid treatment-Part 1
By Amy Thomas , Health Expert...properties. Glucocorticoids, including prednisone, methylprednisolone, hydrocortisone, and... Read more »
How to Manage Multiple Sclerosis Relapse: The Use of Solumedrol
By Lisa Emrich , Health Expert...is a 3-5 day course of intravenous Solu-Medrol® (methylprednisolone). High-dose oral... Read more »
Diagnosed with IBD. . . Now What? (Pt. 1)
By Elizabeth Roberts , Health Expert...abscesses. 3. Steroids such as prednisone, hydrocortisone, methylprednisolone, and budesonide... Read more »
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Encephalitis: Viral: Treatment
...intravenously.Treatment for Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)ADEM is usually treated with high-dose intravenous methylprednisolone, a powerful anti-inflammatory drug known as a... Read more »Scleroderma: Treatment for Lung Complications
...with early signs of lung inflammation were given a course of intravenous pulses of the corticosteroid methylprednisolone (MP) and cyclophosphamide. Nearly all patients experienced improvement or... Read more »Asthma in Children and Adolescents: Quick-Relief Medications
...CorticosteroidsCommon systemic oral corticosteroids include prednisone/prednisolone, dexamethasone, methylprednisolone, and hydrocortisone. They reduce inflammation very effectively, but children... Read more »Hodgkin's Disease: Other Treatments
...relapsing or previously untreatable Hodgkin's and including the following:ASHAP [doxorubicin (Adriamycin), methylprednisolone (Solumedrol), high-dose cytosine arabinoside, and cisplatin... Read more »Multiple Sclerosis: Drug Treatment
...steroids) are mainstay treatments for acute relapses patients with relapse-remitting MS. High-dose methylprednisolone given intravenously (IVMP) is typically administered for major relapse, often... Read more »Related News
Ibuprofen Risks for Osteoarthritis Patients
August 06, 2007By Rebekah Addy, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- People in pain often reach for a common painkiller like... Read summary »
Q&A: Choosing the best steroid
October 03, 2008A patient asks Dr. Robert H. Shmerling about the difference between the steroids methylprednisolone and prednisone. Dr. Shmerling says that both... Read summary »
Clearer MRI
May 05, 2008PHOENIX (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Every photographer knows it's difficult to take a clear picture if your subject won't sit still. For doctors,... Read summary »
Brain Waves Predict Depression Meds
September 13, 2006LOS ANGELES (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- About 17 million Americans suffer depression, which is the fourth-leading cause of disability in this... Read summary »
Adjustable Breast Implants
May 05, 2008BOCA RATON, Fla. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Right now, more than 2 million women in the United States are living with breast cancer. Many of these... Read summary »
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