A new study found that low or absent disease activity, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) use, and gradual reduction of GC dosing can ...

Some side effects of prolonged glucocorticoid use have been known for decades, the most common being weight gain and the joint disease osteoporosis. But the latest body of research out of Denmark ...

Side effects are similar to MTX and monitoring ... agents tailored to the nature and severity of the manifestation Glucocorticoids: topical for mild cutaneous lupus; low-dose oral for mild disease ...

A pilot study in 19 LGMD patients and one with Becker MD found low-dose prednisone helped lower markers of muscle damage and ...

Occasional use of high dose corticosteroids is usually well tolerated, but these drugs do have side effects. Some you’ll feel immediately. Others may be the result of repeated or long-term ...

Most patients receiving corticosteroids are routinely treated ... of possible stomach irritation and spare patients the added side effects and expense of H2 antagonists. Other rare problems ...

“These meds — such as beta-blockers, corticosteroids, and statins — can be lifesaving, but they can also come with side effects, such as raising blood sugar,” says Raj Singh MD, a board ...