Tocilizumab With Steroid Taper Superior in GCA Tocilizumab With Steroid Taper Superior in GCA
Tocilizumab plus a 26-week prednisone taper was superior to either a short or long course of tapered prednisone treatment plus placebo in patients with giant cell arteritis, a study has found.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - July 27, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Rheumatology News Source Type: news
Top 5 Tips On Traveling With A Life-Threatening Food Allergy
Traveling with a food allergy or other dietary restrictions can be a scary experience. It’s even more scary when you have had a near-death allergic reaction. Several years ago, I had an allergic reaction after eating some contaminated food in Spain. Thankfully, I survived that trip, but I’ve been much more prepared and cautious during my travels.
Here are my top 5 tips:
1. Bring multiple EpiPens.
EpiPens are the single most important thing to take with you because they buy you time to get emergency care. A few minutes can mean life or death. In my Spain case, the nurse said that if my travel partner, Daraius, h...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 14, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New study highlights patient concerns about glucocorticoid side effects
This study has shown that weight gain, insomnia and moon face were the top three most important side effects to patients taking glucocorticoids. Despite this, they are not widely studied, with many unanswered questions. "Research should be informed by patients, and targeted to provide patients with better information about these side effects of high importance." Arthritis Research UK's view Devi Rani Sagar, research liaison manager at Arthritis Research UK, said:"We believe that people with arthritis should get the recognition and support they deserve, and that's why we invest in research to find the...
Source: Arthritis Research UK - June 13, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news
Prednisone may improve effectiveness of AAV-based gene therapy by reducing immune response
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A new study of gene transfer using adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene delivery into skeletal muscle of rhesus macaques showed that oral prednisone reduced immune responses to AAV that can weaken expression of the therapeutic transgene over time. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 9, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Abiraterone/ADT Combo Increased Prostate Cancer Survival
Combined therapy with abiraterone acetate/prednisone plus ADT significantly improved overall survival and radiographic progression-free survival among men with metastatic hormone-naive prostate cancer. (Source: CancerNetwork)
Source: CancerNetwork - June 3, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Leah Lawrence Tags: Conferences/ASCO Prostate Cancer News Source Type: news
Weekly steroids strengthen and repair muscles
(Northwestern University) In a surprising finding, weekly doses of glucocorticoid steroids, such as prednisone, help speed recovery in muscle injuries, reports a new study. The weekly steroids also repaired muscles damaged by muscular dystrophy. When given daily over long periods, prednisone can cause muscle wasting. But the once weekly doses of the steroid increased proteins that stimulate muscle repair. The studies were conducted in mice, with broad implications for humans. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 16, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
CAMERA Data Support MTX + Pred as Initial Early RA Treatment CAMERA Data Support MTX + Pred as Initial Early RA Treatment
Patients with early RA randomly assigned to MTX with vs without prednisone in the CAMERA trial showed better outcomes and less need for bDMARDs in the former MTX + pred group.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 11, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Rheumatology News Source Type: news
Got hives? Hold the steroids
(American College of Emergency Physicians) Despite standard use for the itching associated with urticaria (commonly known as hives), prednisone (a steroid) offered no additional relief to emergency patients suffering from hives than a placebo did, according to a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-group study published online yesterday in Annals of Emergency Medicine ('Levocetirizine and Prednisone Are Not Superior to Levocetirizine Alone for the Treatment of Acute Urticaria: A Randomized Double-Blind Clinical Trial'). (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 3, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Prednisone and diabetes: What is the connection?
Prednisone is a steroid used to treat autoimmune disorders, but it can also affect how the body reacts to insulin. Learn more in this article. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 20, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news
Custirsen Does Not Improve Overall Survival in mCRPC
The addition of custirsen to docetaxel and prednisone failed to improve overall survival among patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer in a phase III trial. (Source: CancerNetwork)
Source: CancerNetwork - March 31, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Dave Levitan Tags: Genitourinary Cancers News Prostate Cancer Source Type: news
Osteoporosis and long-term prednisone: What is the risk?
(Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist)
Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist - March 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Prednisone Attenuates IRIS in TB-HIV (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Trial suggests use of the steroid with TB treatment reduces risk of complications (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - February 17, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Deltasone (Prednisone) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - January 24, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Rayos (Prednisone Delayed-Release Tablets) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - January 24, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Data Lacking on Prednisone Use in RA (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Glucocorticoid treatment may be the best and worst possible option (Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics - January 5, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: news
