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Corticosteroids Defined

Medications used to suppress the activity of the immune system and reduce inflammation. The most commonly prescribed corticosteroid is prednisone.

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Pipex Pharmaceuticals Acquires Late-Stage Oral Phase II Candidate for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Published August 19, 2008, 5:54 am, Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance

Pipex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company developing innovative late-stage drug candidates for the treatment of central nervous system and autoimmune diseases, today announced that it has acquired an oral, once-daily candidate for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis which has completed a 160 patient, multi-center, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase II ...

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Video: ASMANEX(R) TWISTHALER(R) 110 MCG (Mometasone Furoate Inhalation Powder) is Now Available Nationwide for the ...

Published August 19, 2008, 4:30 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Schering-Plough Corporation announced today that ASMANEX® TWISTHALER® 110 mcg is now available in pharmacies nationwide.

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New Study Finds Parents Embrace Alternative Treatments For Children's Asthma

Published August 18, 2008, 8:13 am, Medical News Today

Cymfony, a TNS Media Intelligence company, reported that caregivers of children with asthma discuss non-pharmaceutical treatment options more than twice as often as the most-discussed type of asthma drug.

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9:55 a.m. - UAMS Institute Plays Role in Study of Treatment for Eye Swelling

Published August 18, 2008, 8:11 am, KARK Little Rock

Two physicians with the Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) contributed to a national study that concluded an older treatment for abnormal swelling of the eye is more efficient and has fewer side effects than a once-promising new drug therapy.

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Large Trial of Drug Therapy for COPD Offers New Hope for Those with This Lung Problem

Published August 18, 2008, 7:41 am, Senior Journal

Aug. 18, 2008 - For the first time, a drug therapy appears to reduce lung function loss in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S., which is primarily diagnosed in older people.

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Global Climate Change May Spur Seasonal Sniffles

Published August 18, 2008, 3:05 am, Carteret County News-Times

(ARA) - Many scientists now believe that global climate change is affecting various aspects of human health, including nasal allergies.

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Long Term Safety Profile Of Symbicort Analyzed In Asthma Patients

Published August 16, 2008, 4:14 am, Medical News Today

A 52-week study examined the long-term safety of the maintenance combination asthma therapy, SYMBICORT® (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dehydrate) Inhalation Aerosol, at up to double the approved dosage.1 More than 700 patients ages 12 years and older with moderate to severe persistent asthma, and who had been previously treated with inhaled corticosteroids, participated in the study.

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Ask Dr. Gott: Many side effects for prednisone

Published August 16, 2008, 2:06 am, The Monterey County Herald

Dear Dr. Gott: What are some of the side effects of prednisone or an overdose of it? My elderly dad (age 82) is fairly healthy. He came down with a cold a few months ago. He saw his doctor, who prescribed prednisone, two pills by mouth four times a day for five days.

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Is prednisone cause of heart problems?

Published August 15, 2008, 9:05 pm, Erie Times-News

Q What are some of the side effects of prednisone or an overdose of it? My elderly dad (age 82) is fairly healthy.

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New Study Finds Parents Embrace Alternative Treatments for Children's Asthma

Published August 15, 2008, 6:00 am, Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance

Cymfony, a TNS Media Intelligence company, today reported that caregivers of children with asthma discuss non-pharmaceutical treatment options more than twice as often as the most-discussed type of asthma drug.

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