Why glucocorticoid withdrawal may sometimes be as dangerous as the treatment itself

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 714-720

  Dinsen, Stina ^a   Baslund, Bo ^a   Klose, Marianne ^a   Rasmussen, Aase Krogh ^a   Friis Hansen, Lennart ^a   Hilsted, Linda ^a   Feldt Rasmussen, Ulla ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Glucocorticoid withdrawal; Glucocorticoid induced adrenal insufficiency; Glucocorticoids

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUTICASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MOMETASONE FUROATE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ATROPHY; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; GLUCOCORTICOID INDUCED ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MORNING DOSAGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEROID THERAPY; STRESS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; GLUCOCORTICOID WITHDRAWAL; GLUCOCORTICOID-INDUCED ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 84889688535     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2013.05.014     Document Type: Review

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