Most rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients 65 and older who had 5 mg/day of prednisolone added to standard care were successfully weaned from the steroid without seeing substantial increases in disease ...

Many inflammatory diseases respond well to corticosteroids but their cumulative toxic effects limit how long patients can safely take them. This study tested a drug aimed at inhibiting intracellular ...

In steroid-responsive patients with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis (UC), a 10-week regimen of prednisolone tapering was more effective than a 6-week tapering regimen in achieving steroid-free ...

Steroid drugs, a common treatment for young children prone to wheezing and colds, do not help and may even be harmful, according to new research. Preschoolers in Britain who were hospitalized with a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Steroid alternatives should be considered for patients with bullous pemphigoid, who are most likely to be ...

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sparrow Pharmaceuticals, an emerging, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, targeted therapies to address unmet needs in both rheumatology and ...

Postmenopausal women and men over 50 years of age. Clinical data on this first group of patients are very scarce because of difficulties in fracture risk assessment, owing to the lack of reliable ...