Corticosteroids are widely prescribed worldwide. It is estimated that, at any point of time, about 1% of the general population is receiving oral corticosteroids.
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- This website aims to help patients and their families by publishing practical information about corticosteroids and corticosteroid therapies. However, this website is not intended to replace the advices
Risk of gastrointestinal bleeding
Be careful with the association NSAIDs and corticosteroids It has long been said that corticosteroids increase the risk of gastric ulcer but large epidemiological studies have shown that if [...]
Glucocorticoid use and postoperative complications in IBD
An increase risk of infectious and thromboembolic complications? Glucocorticoids are often prescribed to patients about to undergo major surgery as part of a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) Crohn's [...]
Hidden glucocorticoids
Hidden glucocorticoids compounds in food and dietary supplements A Korean study analyzed 294 samples of "food" or "dietary supplements" sold in stores or on the Internet and whose alleged [...]