Topical corticosteroids and risk of diabetes mellitus: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Conclusions: We demonstrate a potential association between topical corticosteroid use and risk of developing diabetes mellitus. This risk does not appear to be dependent on potency of the topical medication, but rather the cumulative dose and cumulative duration of use. PMID: 31418613 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Dermatological Treatment - Category: Dermatology Tags: J Dermatolog Treat Source Type: research