Corticosteroids ease swelling and irritation. Doctors often prescribe them to treat conditions like asthma, hives, or lupus. Side effects can depend on the type of corticosteroid, such as inhaled or ...

Oral corticosteroids present significant long-term risks with uncertain evidence for improving asthma outcomes, according to data presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology ...

Corticosteroids are a form of steroids used to treat swelling and inflammation from allergies, as well as allergic asthma. They’re often referred to as steroids, but they’re not the same types of ...

With lupus, your immune system attacks healthy tissues by mistake, causing inflammation. Corticosteroids are medications that suppress your immune system to calm the inflammation. Corticosteroids, ...

Corticosteroids – or steroids – are a key part of treatment for multiple myeloma (MM). They can help other drugs fight cancer cells and ease swelling. Smaller amounts can be combined with injection ...

Corticosteroids are a class of drugs that can reduce inflammation. However, they also cause various side effects that limit their use. Types of corticosteroids include prednisone and cortisone.

A new study published in the journal of Nature Scientific Reports showed that in individuals with severe alcohol-associated ...

Kristie Reed, PharmD, oversees emergency, general medical, surgical, psychiatric care, and oncology medication as the pharmacy director of a community hospital. Dr. Reed specializes in IV medications.

Prospectively, five consecutive adult-onset diabetic patients with symptomatic diabetic papillopathy underwent visual fields and fluorescein angiography before and after superonasal subtenon injection ...

It is written: both systemic and topical corticosteroids can exacerbate or precipitate acne or even induce an acneform eruption. Corticosteroids are considered to be acnegenic comedogenic drugs, and ...

The use of inhaled corticosteroids during pregnancy may protect against reduced lung function in infants born to mothers with ...