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.

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, ...

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.

Over 3.4 million people globally are affected by SLE, and it is one of the leading causes of death in young women in the US ...

With new guidelines for the treatment of moderate to severe asthma, experts noted a shift toward increasing caution in corticosteroid use. "I think the shift from the guidelines and from all the data ...

Corticosteroids work by suppressing your immune system and curbing inflammation. They can be used to treat asthma, eczema, Crohn's disease, arthritis, lupus, hay fever, and more. Steroids can also ...

Oral corticosteroids are increasingly used in pregnancy although little is known about the relationship between the drugs and gestational diabetes. Oral corticosteroid exposure during pregnancy was ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers assessed the impact of modern causal inference methods in estimating the effect of corticosteroids against coronavirus disease ...

SaveHealth reports seven asthma medication categories, including inhaled corticosteroids and biologics, helping manage ...