Steroid-toxicity Drives Increased Organ Damage in Lupus Nephritis
Recent research by Joo and colleagues at The Catholic University of Korea, Department of Rheumatology has shown that for many lupus nephritis patients, the cure may be at least as damaging as the ...
Rapid Tapering Reduces Steroid-toxicity in GCA
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an inflammatory disease of large and medium-sized blood vessels, primarily affecting people over the age of 50. GCA is the most common form of vasculitis and is ...
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 ...
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