According to Dr. Stephen M. Pastores, the jury is still out on whether patients with acute lung injury and adult respiratory distress syndrome derive any benefit from the use of corticosteroids.
“This is probably the most controversial topic in acute lung injury and ARDS,” Dr. Pastores of the department of anesthesiology and [...]
January 18, 2012 | Posted in
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A UCSF study has provided hope to those afflicted with severe cases of bacterial corneal ulcers that can result in blindness, if left untreated.
The use of topical corticosteroids in a randomized controlled trial was found to be neither beneficial nor harmful in the overall patient population, during the study.
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In a [...]
December 7, 2011 | Posted in
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Topical calcineurin inhibitors constitute the most important advance in topical therapy of inflammatory dermatoses in half a century, Thomas A. Luger, M.D. said at a satellite symposium held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the European Society for Dermatological Research.
“I think that this is the first new and effective development in [...]
February 5, 2011 | Posted in
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According to researchers from National Jewish Health, being obese or overweight does not make asthma any worse in individuals with mild and moderate forms of the disease but can reduce the response to steroid medications.
The findings suggest that asthma improvement may not necessarily result from loss of weight, according to lead author [...]
September 14, 2010 | Posted in
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The chances of an asthma attack relapsing are minimized to a considerable extent when asthmatic patients are administered with a short course of corticosteroids after they are discharged from the hospital, as per a Cochrane Systematic Review.
The review strongly endorses the administration of systematic corticosteroids to treat outpatients after they have been discharged from the [...]
July 29, 2010 | Posted in
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Physicians need to observe a high sense of care and caution while dealing with their COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) patients, according to Lung disease experts at Johns Hopkins.
This finding serves as a reminder to physicians treating COPD patients so that timely and required steps can be taken to avoid pneumonia, which doubles their risk [...]
July 28, 2010 | Posted in
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Rhinocort, Flonase, and Nasonex are some of the steroid sprays presently prescribed and used for treating individuals afflicted with sinusitis but the use of these sprays is yet to be accepted on a universal basis.
Approximately 37 million people in the United States alone suffer from sinusitis, which is an inflammation of [...]
July 27, 2010 | Posted in
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Decision Resources, which is one of the leading research and advisory firms worldwide for pharmaceutical and healthcare concerns, has announced that Abbott/Eisai’s Humira will be awarded with the Gold Standard Status for ulcerative colitis in 2012.
Clinical data and relevant studies suggested that corticosteroids are better than Remicade and the findings are considered [...]
July 16, 2010 | Posted in
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According to a research launched at the British Pharmaceutical Conference in Manchester, pharmacists can help in reducing worries and doubts of patients as far as the use of steroids is concerned as much as 50 percent.
The study, which was conducted by Pharmacy Alliance, the Medicines Management Division of UniChem in collaboration with general physicians, evaluated [...]
July 13, 2010 | Posted in
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According to one of the leading research and advisory firms worldwide for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, Decision Resources, Abbott/Eisai’s Humira will be earning Gold Standard Status for Ulcerative Colitis in 2012.
It was found by Decision Resources that therapy effects in induction of remission having implications for researchers in moderation to [...]
June 30, 2010 | Posted in
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