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CORTICOSTEROIDS, DERMATOLOGICAL PREPARATIONS
Onconews.org provides news on cancer research. This section, which includes profiles on medicines that may or not be cancer-related is in beta form. If things run smoothly we will be releasing a new format late in the summer of 2006. In the meantime, thank you for your patience.
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| Beclomethasone | | For the maintenance treatment of asthma as prophylactic therapy in patients 5 years of age and older |
| Betamethasone | | For relief of the inflammatory and pruritic manifestations of corticosteroid-responsive dermatoses |
| Budesonide | | For the treatment of mild to moderate active Crohn's disease. |
| Dexamethasone | | For use in the treatment of allergic, rheumatic, or inflammatory conditions |
| Fluticasone Propionate | | For the maintenance treatment of asthma as prophylactic therapy and for patients requiring oral corticosteroid therapy for asthma |
| Methylprednisolone | | Adjunctive therapy for short-term administration in rheumatoid arthritis. |
| Mometasone | | For the maintenance treatment of asthma as prophylactic therapy in patients 12 |
| Prednisolone | | For the treatment of primary or secondary adrenocortical insufficiency, such as congenital adrenal hyperplasia, thyroiditis. Also used to treat psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, bursitis, acute gouty arthritis and epicondylitis. Also indicated for treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus, pemphigus and acute rhematic carditis. Can be used in the treatment of leukemias, lymphomas, thrombocytopenia purpura and autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Can be used to treat celiac disease, insulin resistance, ulcerative colitis and liver disorders. |
| Triamcinolone | | For the treatment of perennial and seasonal allergic rhinitis |
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