Rationale behind success of steroids for lupus treatment revealed

By admin | Aug 26, 2010

Researchers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center have revealed the biological rationale as to why large doses of corticosteroids (steroids) administered over several weeks could help lupus patients stay close to relief.
Lupus is a severe health complication, classified as a chronic inflammatory disease, which affects more than 1 million people in the United [...]






Use of chronic corticosteroids under the scanner

By admin | Aug 9, 2010

New findings in terms of use of chronic corticosteroids were revealed during the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) in Seattle.
Rebecca Green, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo, remarked that corticosteroids (steroids) have proved their [...]






Pneumonia risk can increase due to steroid use

By admin | Jul 25, 2010

A recent research has suggested that the risk of pneumonia can get increased to as much as 70 percent with the use of inhalers including corticosteroids for treating COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
Dr. Sonal Singh, an assistant professor of internal medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, was of the view [...]






Children with allergies are over-burdened with steroids

By admin | May 21, 2010

Drug experts issued a warning to parents and healthcare professionals in regard to the fact that children suffering from allergic conditions such as asthma and hayfever are being over-prescribed corticosteroids.
This warning was issued after a research unveiled at the British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC) in Manchester suggested that most of the children with from multiple allergic [...]






Allergy-associated fatigue can originate from nasal congestion

By admin | May 17, 2010

A research has suggested that individuals with perennial allergies often attribute their day-time fatigue to side effects of medications but the possible reason may be associated sleep fragmentation.
Study’s lead author, Timothy Craig, D.O., associate professor of medicine at Penn State’s College of Medicine, remarked that topical nasal corticosteroids could enhance [...]






Stem cells used for modeling birth defects in infants

By admin | Apr 30, 2010

Hemangiomas that are strawberry like birthmarks commonly seen during early infancy and believed to be harmless could result in tissue distortion and obstruction of vision in approximately 10 percent of the affected cases.
Corticosteroids like dexamethasone and prednisone have been used since the 1960s for treating Problematic hemangiomas but they may fail [...]






Crohn’s disease patients can find relief with Naltrexone

By admin | Apr 17, 2010

Naltrexone, an FDA-approved drug for easing withdrawal symptoms from substance abuse, could be used to offer significant relief to patients suffering from Crohn’s disease as well.
The drug, which is presently used for easing drug and alcohol addiction symptoms, may bring relief to Crohn’s patients as per a Penn State College of [...]






Corticosteroids not good for improving patient survival rate

By admin | Mar 17, 2010

When it comes to improving the patient survival rate in people struggling against acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), corticosteroids are not
effective options.
The finding was a part of results from the ARDS Clinical Research Network of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health.
From News-Medical.Net:
“These findings provide important information [...]






Asthma attacks among preschoolers can be reduced with inhaled corticosteroids

By admin | Jan 3, 2010

The largest study of its kind on preschoolers has highlighted the fact that high dosages of inhaled corticosteroids can be used as preventive treatment for reducing the severity and time duration of asthma attacks, which are triggered by colds.
The study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine and led by Dr. Francine Ducharme, [...]






Short course of corticosteroids effective after asthma attack

By admin | Dec 23, 2009

A Cochrane Systematic Review has suggested that the risk of an asthma attack relapse can be significantly reduced with a short course of corticosteroids after a patient gets discharged from the hospital for an asthma attack.
It was also suggested that administration of steroids can also reduce the use of inhalers and the benefits of steroid [...]






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