Side-effects of topical steroids: A long overdue revisit

The introduction of topical steroids (TS) of varying potency have rendered the therapy of inflammatory cutaneous disorders more effective and less time-consuming. However the usefulness of these has become a double edged sword with constantly rising instances of abuse and misuse leading to serious l...

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Autores principales: Coondoo, Arijit, Phiske, Meghana, Verma, Shyam, Lahiri, Koushik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4228634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25396122
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.142483
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description The introduction of topical steroids (TS) of varying potency have rendered the therapy of inflammatory cutaneous disorders more effective and less time-consuming. However the usefulness of these has become a double edged sword with constantly rising instances of abuse and misuse leading to serious local, systemic and psychological side effects. These side effects occur more with TS of higher potency and on particular areas of the body like face and genitalia. The article reviews the side effects of TS with special mention about peadiatric age group, also includes the measures for preventing the side effects.
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spelling pubmed-42286342014-11-13 Side-effects of topical steroids: A long overdue revisit Coondoo, Arijit Phiske, Meghana Verma, Shyam Lahiri, Koushik Indian Dermatol Online J Review Article The introduction of topical steroids (TS) of varying potency have rendered the therapy of inflammatory cutaneous disorders more effective and less time-consuming. However the usefulness of these has become a double edged sword with constantly rising instances of abuse and misuse leading to serious local, systemic and psychological side effects. These side effects occur more with TS of higher potency and on particular areas of the body like face and genitalia. The article reviews the side effects of TS with special mention about peadiatric age group, also includes the measures for preventing the side effects. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4228634/ /pubmed/25396122 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.142483 Text en Copyright: © Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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