Corticosteroids are used in several forms, to treat many different conditions. Because they reduce itching, swelling, redness, and allergic reactions, they are often used in treating skin problems, severe allergies, asthma, and arthritis. These drugs...

A class of HORMONES, including both the GLUCOCORTICOIDS and the MINERALOCORTICOIDS secreted from the ADRENAL GLAND, and the SEX HORMONES (ANDROGENS, ESTROGENS and PROGESTERONE). These sex hormones come into the category of corticosteroids because they...

Corticosteroids are a class of steroid hormones that are produced in the adrenal cortex. Corticosteroids are involved in a wide range of physiologic systems such as stress response, immune response and regulation of inflammation, carbohydrate...

A new inhaled steroid treatment for preventing asthma attacks in young children has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the drugmaker Schering-Plough Corp. said Monday.Its Asmanex Twisthaler is the first once-a-day, inhaled corticosteroid medicine for asthma — the most common chronic condition among...

Breathing easier without limiting activities is the goal of new government guidelines that urge more attention to asthma sufferers' day-to-day symptoms, not just their severe attacks.Some 22 million Americans have asthma, and guidelines updated Wednesday by the National Institutes of Health stress the importance of...

Breathing easier without limiting activities is the goal of new government guidelines that urge more attention to asthma sufferers' day-to-day symptoms, not just their severe attacks.Some 22 million Americans have asthma, and guidelines updated Wednesday by the National Institutes of Health stress the importance of...