About Corticosteroids You Should Knows

What's corticosteroids ? Are corticosteroids safe ? Corticosteroids are nutrition or most likely as a drugs that contain steroid hormones that are useful for adding steroid hormones in the body when needed, and relieve inflammation, and suppress the work of the immune system .

Like as a cortisone or hydrocortisone, corticosteroids was produced naturally in the outer adrenal glands or cortex.  Meanwhile, corticosteroids in the form of drugs are called synthetic corticosteroids with the same workings and benefits as natural corticosteroids but so dangerous when you consumed more than a few months.

What's the effect ?

Before we explained the effect of corticosteroids I would like to tell you here the types of synthetic corticosteroids, look the type, that might you got on your Cough, Stuffy Nose, Runny Nose tablets supplements

Betametason

Dexamethasone

Methylprednisolone

Prednison

Prednisolone

Triamcinolone.

Bad effects usually occur on the use of corticosteroids for a long time, which is more than 2-3 months.  A number of side effects that can be caused after using corticosteroid drugs are:

 Pile of fat on the cheek (moon face)

 Susceptible to infection

 Increased blood pressure or hypertension

 Increased blood sugar levels

 Speed ​​up the occurrence of cataracts

 Ulcer (ulcer) in the stomach or duodenum

 Skin problem

 Weakened muscle function

 Changes in mood and behavior.