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Coping With Prednisone and Other Cortisone-Related Medicines : It May Work Miracles, but How Do You Handle the Side Effects?
Coping With Prednisone and Other CortisoneRelated Medicines It May Work Miracles but How Do You Handle the Side Effects
Author: Eugenia Zukerman, Julie R. Ingelfinger
Approximately one million Americans per year take high doses of prednisone and related drugs (glucocorticoids) to treat serious illnesses and conditions ranging from asthma to rheumatoid arthritis to kidney disease to organ transplantation. Wile these medicines may have unpleasant, even devastating side effects, including gastrointestinal proble...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312155025
ISBN-10: 0312155026
Publication Date: 7/15/1997
Pages: 179
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Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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Very interesting account of woman with need for large doses of prednisone, a sister who is a doctor with inside knowledge of drug side effects. Alternating views and many suggestions on dealing with the drug on a have-to basis.


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