An introduction to… Sam
“You don’t feel so alone when you know you’re not the only one struggling with steroid side effects.” More than 50 million people are on long-term glucocorticoid treatment and more than 40% of the ...
The Silent Suffering of Steroid Patients Unmasked
A new study published in the Journal of Neurological Sciences has highlighted the negative impact steroid-toxicities have on patient quality of life.[1] With an estimated 1% of the world’s adult ...
Risk Factors for Steroid-toxicity and Cardiovascular Disease Overlap
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows the incidence of cardiovascular disease correlates strongly with the four metabolic domains used in the Steritas GTI-MD (body mass ...
75 Years of Steroid-Toxicity
On September 4, 1948, the first dose of a glucocorticoid was administered to a bed-ridden 24-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis. The treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with cortisone resulted in ...
TitAIN Trial Provides Hope to Giant Cell Arteritis Patients
A recent phase 2 safety and efficacy study of an anti-interleukin-17A monoclonal antibody for the treatment of giant cell arteritis patients suggests there may soon be another alternative to ...
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