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  2. Beclometasone - Wikipedia

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    Beclometasone or beclomethasone, also known as beclomethasone dipropionate, and sold under the brand name Qvar among others, is a steroid medication. [1] It is available as an inhaler, cream, pills, and nasal spray. [2] The inhaled form is used in the long-term management of asthma. [1] The cream may be used for dermatitis and psoriasis. [3]

  3. Antenatal steroid - Wikipedia

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    The period of optimal benefit begins 24 hours after administration and lasts 7 days. [17] [18] In some parts of the world, antenatal steroids are used at up to 36 weeks of pregnancy. [19] The time between administration of steroids and delivery may alter the effectiveness of the steroids. [20]

  4. Tocolytic - Wikipedia

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    Tocolytics are used in preterm labor, which refers to when a baby is born too early before 37 weeks of pregnancy. As preterm birth represents one of the leading causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality, the goal is to prevent neonatal morbidity and mortality through delaying delivery and increasing gestational age by gaining more time for other management strategies like corticosteroids ...

  5. List of corticosteroid esters - Wikipedia

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    Δ 7-Prednisolone 21-acetate; Alclometasone dipropionate; Amcinonide (triamcinolone acetate cyclopentanonide); Chloroprednisone acetate; Ciclometasone (a corticosteroid 21-[4-[(acetylamino)methyl]cyclohexyl]carboxylate ester)

  6. Beclometasone/formoterol/glycopyrronium bromide - Wikipedia

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    Trimbow is indicated for the maintenance treatment in adults with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma who are not adequately treated by a combination of an inhaled corticosteroid and a long-acting beta2-agonist or a combination of a long-acting beta2-agonist and a long-acting muscarinic antagonist.

  7. Corticosteroid - Wikipedia

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    When topical steroid medication is lost, the skin experiences redness, burning, itching, hot skin, swelling, and/or oozing for a length of time. This is also called 'red skin syndrome' or 'topical steroid withdrawal' (TSW). After the withdrawal period is over the atopic dermatitis can cease or is less severe than it was before. [40]

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    Former residents were also dying a few weeks to a few months after leaving the clinic. Given Hazelden’s long history of treating addicts, Seppala could have stubbornly stuck to the brand. But he was willing to consider alternatives. He’d come to Hazelden in the mid-’70s, as its first adolescent resident, for an addiction to drugs and alcohol.

  9. Topical steroid - Wikipedia

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    Topical steroids are the topical forms of corticosteroids. Topical steroids are the most commonly prescribed topical medications for the treatment of rash and eczema . Topical steroids have anti-inflammatory properties and are classified based on their skin vasoconstrictive abilities. [ 1 ]