Glucocorticoids Increase Risk of Serious Infection
A new study published by Kevin Winthrop MD, MPH and colleagues [1] has shown that even low doses of glucocorticoids (≤5 mg/d) are associated with a clinically important increase in the risk of ...
In Conversation With… Yoshiya Tanaka MD, PhD
"We know that it is not easy to taper patients safely. So if we find a patient’s toxicity scores are worsening we can try an immunosuppressant or a biologic drug and then we need to track to see if ...
Steroid-Toxicity in Children - the Desperate Need for a Pediatric Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index
Glucocorticoids have undoubtedly saved the lives of many children, whether to control asthma, inflammatory bowel disease, muscular dystrophy, or autoimmune diseases such as lupus. However, chronic ...
Long-term steroid use linked to increased risk of death
A new study published by researchers from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden has shown that patients receiving oral glucocorticoid treatment for a period of 3-4 years are at twice the risk of death ...
In conversation with... Murray Urowitz MD. FRCP(C)
“If you ask the doctor and patient what they want most of all, their unanimous answer will be, ‘not to have to use steroids.’” Murray Urowitz MD. FRCP(C) is a rheumatologist who has spent the “last ...
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