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Side‐effects of corticosteroid agents
Author(s) -
Seale J. Paul,
Compton Mark R.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1986.tb112242.x
Subject(s) - corticosteroid , medicine , adverse effect , side effect (computer science) , incidence (geometry) , intensive care medicine , pharmacology , surgery , computer science , physics , optics , programming language
Anti‐inflammatory corticosteroid drugs are powerful therapeutic agents for a wide range of disorders. However, they do have recognized side‐effects, most of which are related to the dose and the duration of therapy. Thus, short courses of even high doses of corticosteroid drugs have very few adverse effects. A detailed knowledge of the long‐term side‐effects of corticosteroid agents and their incidence will assist the physician in making informed judgements on the potential benefits of treatment with these drugs.