Adrenal suppression following herbal remedy for rheumatoid arthritis

A patient suffering from rheumatoid arthritis who had extreme adrenal suppression as a result of chronic use of herbal medicines presented with complications of adrenal suppression such as muscle weakness. He also had psychiatric disturbances such as confusion and suicidal tendency. Steroids in the...

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Autores principales: Premkumar, Balasekar, Murthy, Muppavarapu Srinivasa, Rajagopal, Karuppasamy, Nagaprabu, Vadivelmurugan Nagasubramani, Ponugupati, Sree Madhuri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4419244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25969663
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.155493
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author Premkumar, Balasekar
Murthy, Muppavarapu Srinivasa
Rajagopal, Karuppasamy
Nagaprabu, Vadivelmurugan Nagasubramani
Ponugupati, Sree Madhuri
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description A patient suffering from rheumatoid arthritis who had extreme adrenal suppression as a result of chronic use of herbal medicines presented with complications of adrenal suppression such as muscle weakness. He also had psychiatric disturbances such as confusion and suicidal tendency. Steroids in the herbal medication were found and hence there exists a need for investigation into their safety and efficacy.
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spelling pubmed-44192442015-05-12 Adrenal suppression following herbal remedy for rheumatoid arthritis Premkumar, Balasekar Murthy, Muppavarapu Srinivasa Rajagopal, Karuppasamy Nagaprabu, Vadivelmurugan Nagasubramani Ponugupati, Sree Madhuri J Pharmacol Pharmacother Case Report A patient suffering from rheumatoid arthritis who had extreme adrenal suppression as a result of chronic use of herbal medicines presented with complications of adrenal suppression such as muscle weakness. He also had psychiatric disturbances such as confusion and suicidal tendency. Steroids in the herbal medication were found and hence there exists a need for investigation into their safety and efficacy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4419244/ /pubmed/25969663 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.155493 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics 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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Ponugupati, Sree Madhuri
Adrenal suppression following herbal remedy for rheumatoid arthritis
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