Corticosteroids in rheumatoid arthritis.
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Comparing bone mineral density in rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis
Background: Changes in patients’ bone mineral density (BMD) is one of the problems in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, which can be due to the use of corticosteroid drugs to reduce patients' symptoms or due to the aging process in patients. In this study, we decided to compare BMD in patients with psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Methods: This study as a cross-sectional descrip...
متن کاملCorticosteroids causing severe growth suppression in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
Two children with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) and severe growth suppression from corticosteroid therapy are described. Prolonged 'tailing-off' of steroids occurred during outpatients follow-up and this may be related to the high turnover of doctors involved. Suggestions for improving such follow-ups and caution against the continuous use of steroids are made. S.H. is an eleven-and-a-hal...
متن کاملConversion from daily to alternate daily corticosteroids in rheumatoid arthritis.
An attempt was made to convert 24 patients on corticosteroid treatment from a daily to an alternate daily regimen. Ten patients were successfully converted, 11 failed to convert, and 3 had to be withdrawn for irrelevant reasons. A simple tetracosactrin stimulation test gave some indication of which patients were more likely to convert successfully. Success was not influenced by severity or dura...
متن کاملCombination DMARD therapy including corticosteroids in early rheumatoid arthritis.
A number of reports indicating the growing acceptance of simultaneous therapy with multiple disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), as well as the use of more aggressive treatment measures in the early phases of disease to combat rheumatoid arthritis (RA), have appeared during the last decade. However, only a few randomized controlled clinical trials have been conducted on the use of D...
متن کاملCorticosteroids as disease modifying drugs in rheumatoid arthritis treatment.
The current approach to treatment of RA includes early and aggressive treatment with routine monitoring of outcomes to give patients the best chance of decreasing disease activity as much as possible, with low disease activity and remission being a realistic goal for many patients. In this quest, DMARDs, especially MTX, are the anchor treatment, and low dose prednisone should also be considered...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.45.9.790-b