Approximately one million Americans per year take high doses of prednisone and related drugs. 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.
This welcome update to a superb resource—which 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.
Approximately one million Americans per year take high doses of prednisone and related drugs. 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.
This welcome update to a superb resource—which 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.
Coping with Prednisone* (*And Other Cortisone-Related Medicines): It May Work Miracles But How Do You Handle the Side Effects?
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Coping with Prednisone* (*And Other Cortisone-Related Medicines): It May Work Miracles But How Do You Handle the Side Effects?
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| ISBN-13: | 9780312375607 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Press |
| Publication date: | 12/10/2007 |
| Edition description: | Second Edition |
| Pages: | 256 |
| Sales rank: | 111,774 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d) |
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