Steroid Therapy in Asthma
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چکیده
In the following article the indications for the use of steroids in asthma are considered. The risks attendant upon such treatment are discussed. A comparison is made between the effects of the naturally occurring preparations and some of the modern synthetic analogues. The following table shows roughly equivalent doses of the various oral steroid preparations, so that comparable doses can readily be determined: CORTICOIDS Cortisone .. .. 100 mg. (25 mg. tablets) Hydrocortisone .. 8o mg. (2o mg. tablets) Prednisone .. .. 20 mg. (5 mg. tablets) Prednisolone .. .. 2o mg. (5 mg. tablets) Methyl-prednisolone.. i6 mg. (4 mg. tablets) Dexamethazone .. 0.5-I mg. (o.s mg. tablets) Cortisone acetate and prednisolone acetate may also be used intramuscularly.
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