Psychiatric Adverse Effects of Corticosteroids

Psychiatric adverse effects of corticosteroids.

Psychiatric adverse effects during systemic corticosteroid therapy are common. Two large meta-analyses found that severe reactions occurred in nearly 6% of patients, and mild to moderate reactions occurred in about 28%. Although disturbances of mood, cognition, sleep, and behavior as well as frank delirium or even psychosis are possible, the most common adverse effects of short-term corticoster...

Adverse effects of inhaled corticosteroids.

psychological benefits to people with disabilities. For the elderly music therapy has clear benefits," and there is anecdotal evidence of benefit among people with head injuries. At Putney a music therapist works with patients in the head injury unit, and a formal study is being developed. Patients with Huntington's chorea have derived short term benefit as well as enjoyment from music therapy....

Psychiatric Adverse Effects Of Interferon Therapy

A number of data support the involvement of immunological mechanisms in the etiology of psychiatric disorders. The nervous and immune systems are physiologically integrated and influence each other's functioning. Clinical studies have reported a larger number of psychiatric symptoms consecutive to immunomodulating interferon therapy. The most frequent are depression, suicidal behavior, manic sy...

Adverse effects of benzodiazepines in psychiatric outpatients.

BACKGROUND Benzodiazepines are among the most frequently prescribed drugs. Of all their side effects, hip fractures and possibility of developing dependence are usually studied. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine how often do psychiatric outpatients suffer from adverse effects of benzodiazepines, and which adverse effects do they notice. SUBJECTS AND METHOD 109 patients on two...

Accutane (isotretinoin) and psychiatric adverse effects.