Coping with Prednisone, Revised and Updated: (*and Other Cortisone-Related Medicines)
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (932 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312375603 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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“There's now a highly useful, state-of-the-art, and engaging book to guide the many who must use long-term cortisone-related medicines. Speaking both as a patient who has taken steroids and as a physician, I only wish this resource had been available earlier.” Susan G. Lazar, M.D., clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine“This book is a superb resource for patients and professionals: a must-read for anyone taking or prescribing high-dose steroids.” Nina Tolkoff-Rubin, M.D., director of dialysis and renal transplantation, Massachusetts General Hospital. What a wonderful addition.” Herbert Benson, M.D., author of The Relaxation Respons“Coping with Prednisone is a helpful guide for both patients and professionals
Approximately one million Americans per year take high doses of prednisone and related drugs. This welcome update to a superb resourcewhich is still the only book on the subject covers the latest knowledge about bone health, the use of steroids for children, and new steroid compounds, along with additional strategies and exercises based on their own experiences and responses from other patients and physicians.. While these medicines may be necessary to treat serious illnesses, they may also have unpleasant, and even devastating, side effects, including changes in mood, weight, and physical strength, and vulnerability to infection.In 1997, after acclaimed flutist Eugenia Zukerman was prescribed prednisone for a rare lung disease, she teamed up with her sister, Harvard physician Julie Ingelfinger, to write the first book that helps patients deal with the side effects of the prescription
, is chief of the Division of Pediatric Nephrology at Massachusetts General Hospital, directs her own research laboratory, and is an associate professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Julie has written more than 130 articles, authored a book on pediatric hypertension, and is the editor of a textbo
Very useful book for those facing long-term use of prednisone 40 Something Very useful book for those facing long-term use of prednisone, which means more than a week or two! The dual view points of the sisters - one as patient and one as a doctor - was very helpful. I have had experience with prednisone for asthma for a month and a half, but now that my Mom is fa. A Customer said For long term pred users, this book is a MUST. I was diagnosed with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura this past year, and am going through my second round with pred. This book is a must have for those of us faced with daily doses of this drug, and who face months, if not years, on it at a time. When I first was placed on .5mg/pound da. Fear Not. There's Life After Prednisone Dealing with Ulcerative Colitis is not very fun. At times, I suffer from severe flare-ups, which means my large intestine bleeds enough that my regular medicine is not sufficient. I am prescribed Prednisone therapy in such situations. This is a very potent steroid that usually calms my prob