What Doctors Don't Tell YouDoctors tell you that steroids only cause side effects after many years. But new research shows that permanent damage is immediate and devastating. Here's how to avoid it. ...
A recent case study adds to the catalogue of potential adverse effects of steroid use after organ transplantation. ...
Patients taking cyclosporine, the wonder drug now being used for everything from transplants to psoriasis, are at risk of developing kidney damage, particularly at high doses. ...
Sandoz, which manufactures cyclosporin A, the drug used to help organ transplants "take", has applied to license the drug to treat recalcitrant cases of psoriasis. ...
Steroids are fast catching up with antibiotics as the most abused class of drugs in your doctor's black bag. There's no doubt that the discovery of steroids a half century ago was a major advance ...
Hypertension (high blood pressure) is not a ‘disease’ per se; it is believed to be a significant risk factor in other diseases, including heart attack, heart failure, stroke and kidney disease.
Cyclosporin(e) or Sandimmun(e) (both without the "e" in the US) produced by Sandoz Pharmaceuticals is a classic example of a drug being developed for one use, which is then "borrowed" for the trea ...
These are the major conventional treatments, and their possible side effects. None claims a cure, although some claim a measure of success in suppressing symptoms. Be warned, though some side effe ...
Three American doctors have accused Sandoz Pharmaceuticals of premature promotion of the use of cyclosporine-A for psoriasis, which is outside the drug's established indication as an immunosuppres ...
