Data Sources: A complete MEDLINE search was conducted of human studies of asthma pharmacotherapy published between ... of the inhaled corticosteroids. Secondary pharmacokinetic differences ...

Individual cases must be managed on the basis of all clinical data available for that case. Patient preferences should be sought and decisions jointly made between patient and health professional. A ...

An unstructured variance-covariance matrix was used. The primary treatment comparison was based on the week 8 contrast between fosdagrocorat dose groups and prednisone 5 mg. MMRM model-based estimates ...

2 Corticosteroids ... and prednisolone were effective in controlling postoperative inflammation. Similarly, both agents were safe in terms of IOP rise (OR=1.23, 95% CI 0.29 to 5.81, p=0.78). No ...

At week 12, 48% of patients receiving MR prednisone achieved an ACR20 response, compared with 29% in the placebo group, a difference of 19% (p<0.001). The response was achieved rapidly: a significant ...

Conclusions In patients with early active RA who start with comparable disease-modifying antirheumatic drug+prednisone combination ... not superior to only prednisolone with MTX. Over time, there were ...

A short cut review was carried out to establish whether corticosteroids are safe and effective in managing the symptoms of acute gouty arthritis. Five studies were directly relevant to the question.

Background—The use of corticosteroids in active Crohn’s disease often ... Aims—To compare the efficacy and safety of two dosage regimens of budesonide and prednisolone in patients with active Crohn’s ...

Our results support the hypothesis that a low initial dose of prednisone is sufficient ... However, since no comparison was made between different treatments, we think it could not have biased ...

Aims, Objectives and Background Corticosteroids can be used ... Aims To determine if prednisolone improves recovery of children with Bell’s palsy at one month. Results and Conclusion Between October ...

Methods Using a validated in-house developed liquid chromatography/mass tandem spectrometry (LQ/MSMS), we conducted spot measurement of serum prednisolone, prednisone and cortisol in 111 patients ...

Objective An increasing proportion of fetuses are exposed to antenatal corticosteroids (ACS ... Finally, to determine the timing during childhood at which these differences between term infants ...