Steroids provide dramatic recovery results from Pneumonia patients
Relief is finally coming to the way of Pneumonia patients.
Scientists at the UT Southwestern Medical Center have noted that a combination of traditional antimicrobial therapy and corticosteroids is an effective option for facilitating faster recovery from disease in Pneumonia patients than with antibiotics alone.
From Sciencedaily.com:
Although antimicrobials remain the primary therapy for M pneumoniae infection, there [...]
Side effect free Anti-Asthmatic and Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Corticosteroids have long been considered to be potent drugs when it comes to treating conditions such as asthma. Even though anti-inflammatory drugs are good for providing instant relief, they are not safe and bring side effects.
A team led by Henry J. Lee who has spearheaded antedrug research in anti-inflammatory, anti-AIDS and anti-cancer drugs for nearly [...]
Bell’s palsy treatable with antiviral agents and corticosteroids
Patients suffering from Bell’s palsy may expect significant relief coming their way when antiviral agents are added to corticosteroids, as per a systematic review and meta-analysis of previously published studies, reported in the September 2, 2009 issue of JAMA.
Bell’s palsy is a facial paralysis with an unknown cause. The corticosteroid treatment is usually associated with [...]
Repeated steroid course to premature infants associated with cerebral palsy
Repeated courses of a drug, betamethasone, used to improve the rate of survival among unborn premature babies can increase the risk of cerebral palsy.
This finding was highlighted as per results from a multi-center study, funded by the National Institutes of Health and led by Ronald Wapner, M.D., professor of obstetrics and gynecology, Columbia University Medical [...]
Last-stage ARDS patients do not benefit from corticosteroids
Corticosteroids cannot be trusted as an effective form of treatment when it comes to providing relief to improving the survival rate of patients suffering from late-stage acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), as per new results from the ARDS Clinical Research Network of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes [...]
Combo inhaler simplifies asthma management
Chronic asthma patients can have a new treatment option capable of allowing them to effectively manage their condition with a single prescribed inhaler that contains two medicines, as per a recently concluded review.
Presently, patients suffering from asthma depend upon use of maintenance or preventive medication on a regular basis for controlling symptoms and improving lung [...]
Risk of dying increased by use of anti-inflammatory steroids
The risk of death is increased due to the use of anti-inflammatory steroids for traumatic head injuries such as car crashes, as per a new review of studies
The review draws heavily from a a study of corticosteroid treatment for brain injury that involved more than 10,000 patients, which was published by the British-based Cochrane Library.
Dr. [...]
Repeated steroid dosages linked to cerebral palsy among premature infants
The risk of cerebral palsy in unborn premature babies can be increased due to repeated courses of a corticosteroid called betamethasone, which is presently indicated to improve the survival of babies.
The finding was disclosed as per results from a multi-center study, funded by the National Institutes of Health and led by Ronald Wapner, M.D., professor [...]
Asthma symptoms can be eased with inhaled corticosteroids
Children and adults suffering from asthma can manage their ailment effectively apart from breathing deeper with inhaled corticosteroids than with the medicine cromolyn, as per a review of recent studies comparing the two treatments.
James Guevara, M.D., of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and colleagues, said that the study highlighted that patients administered with [...]
Steroids effective for treating pneumonia
The addition of corticosteroids to the traditional antimicrobial therapy may help pneumonia patients more than with antibiotics alone, as per scientists from the UT Southwestern Medical Center.
It is worth noting here that while anabolic steroids are used for bulking up muscles, corticosteroids are used for treating inflammation in concern with infectious diseases.
It was remarked by [...]
