Johns Hopkins HIV Guide
Glucocorticoids
INDICATIONS
FDA
FDA
- Adrenal insufficiency
- TB meningitis
- ITP
- Cerebral edema (secondary to CNS toxoplasmosis)
- Numerous allergic, inflammatory, immunosuppressive conditions; trichinosis with neurologic or myocardial involvement; seasonal and perennial allergic and nonallergic rhinitis (intranasal steroid sprays); asthma (steroid inhalers); COPD (steroid inhalers in combination with beta-2 agonist)
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
- Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS)
- PCP with PO2 < 70 mm Hg or A-a gradient >35 mm Hg
- HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN): limited data.
- Bacteria meningitis (esp. S. pneumoniae)
- TB pericarditis
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Last updated: October 2, 2017
Citation
Dzintars, Kathryn, and Paul A Pham. "Glucocorticoids." Johns Hopkins HIV Guide, 2017. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545085/all/Glucocorticoids.
Dzintars K, Pham PA. Glucocorticoids. Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. 2017. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545085/all/Glucocorticoids. Accessed September 23, 2023.
Dzintars, K., & Pham, P. A. (2017). Glucocorticoids. In Johns Hopkins HIV Guide https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545085/all/Glucocorticoids
Dzintars K, Pham PA. Glucocorticoids [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. ; 2017. [cited 2023 September 23]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545085/all/Glucocorticoids.
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