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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Effects Of Prednisone

Clinical trial: Modified-release prednisone for RA

September 08, 2008

This is a study to compare the safety and effectiveness of a combination of Lodotra (modified-release prednisone) and standard disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) to a combination of a placebo and DMARDs in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis. This international study is currently recruiting patients.

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Expert & Community Posts

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Side Effects of Medications Used to Treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert

...side effects of steroids are well defined. The side effects of Prednisone can range from the... Read more »

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Newer Medications for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Treatment: Are they appropriate for you?
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert

...bruising. It does not cause any of the serious side effects of Prednisone. Most of the side... Read more »

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Diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Ten Years Later
By Cathee McKeown , Health Expert

...of elasticity due to prednisone. These were side effects that I never knew about until it was... Read more »

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What Is It Like to Take Oral Prednisone?
By Merely Me , Health Expert

...What are some of the precautions and possible side effects with taking oral Prednisone?   Some... Read more »

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Prednisone, the Dirty Little Secret, Becomes More Respectable
By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert

...reluctance to use “cortisone”-like drugs such as prednisone in the treatment of rheumatoid... Read more »

Health Guide

Meet Cathee Mckeown
...available. I started with gold shots, plaquinil and prednisone with little relief but plenty of side effects. I gained 40 pounds from the prednisone and lack of movement due to my severe... Read more »
Fibromyalgia Medication
...effective and were the favored FM treatment for many years.  However, because of frequent side effects such as dry mouth and the “morning hangover” effect, newer types of... Read more »
Hodgkin's Disease: Other Treatments
...home. Some patients receiving chemotherapy may need to remain in the hospital for several days so the effects of the drug can be monitored.Patients may receive up to 8 cycles of chemotherapy,... Read more »
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Treatment
...to the bones and ligaments of the jointPreserve movementTo be as inexpensive and as free from side effects as possible over the long-termDrug Categories Used for Rheumatoid ArthritisThe drug... Read more »
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Chemotherapy
...office. Some patients receiving chemotherapy need to remain in the hospital for several days so the effects of the drug can be monitored. Patients with lymphoblastic lymphoma may need long-term... Read more »

Medications

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Prednisone is a corticosteroid hormone (glucocorticoid). It decreases your immune system's... Read more »

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Prednisone is a corticosteroid hormone (glucocorticoid). It decreases your immune system's... Read more »

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Prednisone is a corticosteroid hormone (glucocorticoid). It decreases your immune system's... Read more »

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...PREDNISONE - ORAL Pronounced: (PRED-nih-sone) Side Effects Stomach upset, headache,... Read more »

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...PREDNISONE - ORAL Pronounced: (PRED-nih-sone) Side Effects Stomach upset, headache,... Read more »

Related News

Lodotra shows promise in RA clinical trials
October 02, 2008

A new drug designed to allow prednisone to work more effectively in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has shown positive results in recent... Read summary »

Q&A: Can Prednisone Cause Health Problems?
August 07, 2009

The oral corticosteroid prednisone is often prescribed for asthmatics and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but the medication is... Read summary »

Psychiatric reactions to steroids may require drugs like Prozac, Seroquel
October 02, 2008

Dr. Mitchell Hecht responds to a reader's question about the psychiatric effects of taking steroids. The reader reports that her mother inexplicably... Read summary »

Q&A: Choosing the best steroid
October 03, 2008

A patient asks Dr. Robert H. Shmerling about the difference between the steroids methylprednisolone and prednisone. Dr. Shmerling says that both... Read summary »

Help for Eye Disease
February 20, 2006

BALTIMORE (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Inflammatory eye disease is the fifth-leading cause of blindness in the United States and affects more than 2... Read summary »