In Conversation With… Andreas Reiff, MD
"Nobody disputes the value of glucocorticoids, and while most clinicians recognize the damage they cause to patients, they don’t recognize the impact they have on clinical research.” Andreas Reiff, ...
Treat-to-Target to Reduce Steroid Damage in Juvenile Lupus
Juvenile onset systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE) is a rare, multi-system autoimmune disorder that affects 0.7 per 100,000 children in the United States.[1] The childhood form of SLE has greater ...
Steroid-toxicity and ANCA-associated Vasculitis: How Far Have We Come in 40 Years?
For decades, steroids have been considered a necessary evil to control ANCA-associated vasculitis. Yet today, more patients die from complications associated with glucocorticoid treatment than from ...
In Conversation With… Dan Hawcutt, MD MRCPCH
“The harms caused by steroids are not the most reported side effects because there is still a prevalent misunderstanding that steroid-toxicities are just a cost of doing business with steroids.” Dan ...
It’s Time to Protect Asthma Patients From Steroid Overuse
The Global Initiative of Asthma (GINA) estimates that more than 17 million patients worldwide have severe uncontrolled asthma. The condition is defined as asthma that is uncontrolled despite the use ...
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