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 ...
Latest ACR guidelines highlight the risks of steroid-induced osteoporosis
More than 50 million people around the globe are prescribed glucocorticoids to help manage/treat their inflammatory diseases. The latest guidelines developed by the American College of Rheumatology ...
The not-so-hidden costs of steroid-toxicity
Worldwide, more than 50 million people – 1% of the adult population – are on long-term glucocorticoids (GC) [Fardet]. They are widely used as an inexpensive and readily available treatment for a ...
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