Corticosteroids during pregnancy: there is no increase in cardiac risk
A 50-year follow-up study shows that corticosteroids, used to reduce the risk of lung problems in premature births, do not ...
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Osteoporosis: do certain medications increase your risks?
Cortisone and certain anti-cancer drugs increase the risk of osteoporosis. Several precautions can limit this undesirable effect. THE ESSENTIAL Taking ...
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Cancer: corticosteroids would reduce the effectiveness of immunotherapy
Glucocorticoids can cause the production of a protein, called Cystatin C (CyC), preventing immunotherapy from having its full effect. THE ...
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Knee arthroplasty: corticosteroid injections would allow better recovery
Injections of corticosteroids after the installation of a knee prosthesis would help rehabilitation and reduce the length of hospitalization. THE ...
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Risk of premature delivery: corticosteroid therapy should be used with caution
Although these treatments continue to be recommended during pregnancy when there is a risk of premature delivery, vigilance is necessary ...
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Atopic dermatitis: it would increase the risk of fractures in children
Corticosteroids used in the treatment of atopic dermatitis (AD) are particularly involved in the increased risk of fractures in children, ...
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Asthma: why do some patients respond poorly to treatment?
When taking medication during an attack, patients with the most severe form of asthma produce substances in their airways that ...
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Are corticosteroids fattening?
Pharmacist Sonja Keizers answers Pharmacist Sonja Keizers answers questions about medicines. This time: are corticosteroids fattening? I use a nasal ...
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In adults, asthma increases the risk of obesity
Five days before World Asthma Day, a study found that non-allergic asthma patients, those with long-lasting disease or taking corticosteroids, ...
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Childhood asthma: obese or overweight children respond less well to inhaled steroids
When they have a higher than normal BMI, children with asthma tend to respond less to inhaled steroids, leading to ...
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Covid-19: dexamethasone would have saved a million lives
Dexamethasone, a powerful anti-inflammatory that belongs to the corticosteroid family, would have saved nearly a million patients hospitalized with a ...
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Coronavirus: WHO recommends steroids to treat severe forms
The WHO has announced that it recommends the use of steroids to treat severe forms of Covid-19 infection after several ...
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Dexamethasone: the anti-covid corticosteroid should not be administered at the start of the disease
Last June, a study showed the effectiveness of this drug in reducing mortality in severe cases of Covid-19. The in-depth ...
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ANCA vasculitis: reduction in view of heavy treatments and corticosteroid therapy
In ANCA vasculitis, the indications for plasma exchange to purify the ANCA from the blood are reduced to a few ...
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Coronavirus: corticosteroids are not recommended in the treatment
While some steroids are prescribed by doctors to help treat pneumonia, researchers advise against doing so on patients with the ...
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Covid-19: finally, corticosteroids would be effective for severe cases
© Getty ImagesRemember:in March 2020, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran advised against taking anti-inflammatory drugs in the context of ...
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Shortage of cortisone in France, doctors are worried
Manufacturers justify themselves by invoking production delays. Doctors denounce an unacceptable and dangerous situation for patients. Solupred, Cortancyl, Celestene, Quenacort, ...
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Rheumatoid arthritis: corticosteroids associated with increased risk of infections
The use of glucocorticoids in patients with rheumatoid arthritis would be associated with a risk of infection almost twice as ...
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New molecule prevents bone damage caused by corticosteroids
A new molecule, denosumab, appears to be more effective than the standard treatment in preventing bone damage caused by corticosteroids ...
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Low back pain: the trail of corticosteroids to treat chronic patients
Patients suffering from low back pain for several years have been relieved by the infiltration of corticosteroids. An effect, however, ...
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Infiltrations: rheumatologists warn about stockouts
Three injectable corticosteroids are out of stock. The rheumatologists union is sounding the alarm. The alternatives are expensive and less ...
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Asthma: Inhaled corticosteroids slow growth
© moodboardCorticosteroid products used in inhalers asthmatics would have a detrimental effect on the growth of children. These drugs are ...
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Very premature babies live in better health
The management of very premature babies has increased their survival and short-term quality of life in 15 years. This is ...
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Corticosteroids: is there always a risk of shortage?
May 24, 2019. While doctors have alerted patients to the risk of a shortage of corticosteroids, the National Agency for ...
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Asthma: Corticosteroids slow growth slightly
Children smaller than half a centimeter. This could be the consequence of inhaling corticosteroids, effective during an asthma attack, according ...
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An allergy occurs when the body reacts to foreign substances it cannot tolerate. These particles, such as tree pollen or ...
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A promising treatment to reduce asthma attacks
Dupilumab is believed to reduce the appearance of attacks in allergic asthmatics by 87%. The results of these clinical trials ...
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When doping seriously harms your health
EPO, testosterone, blood transfusions, this is the doping "cocktail" that Lance Armstrong admitted to having taken. Very dangerous, this doping ...
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Arm sciatica
I am going to talk to you today about arm sciatica. You did not know that there could be sciatica ...
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