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Low-dose steroid ups risk of cardiovascular disease, researchers caution – Clinical Daily News – McKnight’s Long Term Care News
Patients using less than 5 mg of prenisolone per day to treat inflammatory disease had nearly double the odds of developing cardiovascular disease or experiencing…
Patients taking small doses of glucocorticoids for inflammatory conditions have an outsized risk of cardiovascular disease, a new study has found.
For patients using less than 5 mg of prenisolone per day, the odds of experiencing an adverse cardiovascular event or developing disease nearly doubled when compared with patients not using glucocorticoids, said Mar Pujades-Rodriguez, Ph.D., of Leeds University, in the U.K.
Investigators analyzed medical records for patients with no prior cardiovascular…
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