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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A synthetic steroid, C21H26O5, that is similar to cortisone and is used as an antiallergy, immunosuppressive, and anti-inflammatory drug.
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- noun biochemistry A
synthetic corticosteroid used to treat a large number ofconditions .
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- noun a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Mycophenolate mofetil (brand name: CELLCEPT), used in combination with Prograf and prednisone, is taken morning and night, with 12 hours between each dose, at the same times every day.
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Patients taking long-term prednisone often receive supplements of calcium and vitamin D to counteract the effects on bones.
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If a man does have antisperm antibodies, low doses of steroids such as prednisone, which is commonly used to treat severe allergies, asthma, and autoimmune diseases such as lupus, can overcome them.
A Baby at Last! Mark L. Fuerst 2010
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We ` re talking about sex hormones, basically, to distinguish between prednisone, which is a pure medical use, and steroids like these, which are essentially sex hormones.
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In addition to alcohol and viral hepatitis B and C, other causes of fatty liver include severe protein malnutrition or starvation, or the opposite problem—obesity; diabetes; and treatment with certain medications, including a corticosteroid drug called prednisone.
DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK Sanjiv Chopra 2001
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However, in rare instances in which patients have intolerable symptoms such as itching due to cholestatic hepatitis, I sometimes prescribe a short course of steroid treatment with a drug called prednisone.
DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK Sanjiv Chopra 2001
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Sometimes, even for mild autoimmune hepatitis, physicians prescribe a short course of a moderate dose of a corticosteroid drug called prednisone.
DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK Sanjiv Chopra 2001
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Jevtana was approved for use in combination with the steroid prednisone, which is often used in cancer treatment.
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Jevtana was approved for use in combination with the steroid prednisone, which is often used in cancer treatment.
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