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Anti-inflammatory steroids are known to increase the risk of diabetes in high doses, but now researchers from Flinders University have discovered a link between low dose steroids and diabetes.
As part of her just-completed PhD in the School of Medicine, Dr Carolyn Petersons studied the effect of anti-inflammatory steroids on the body's ability to metabolise glucose ? a key factor in diabetes ? in a sample of patients who were taking the drug in low doses to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
The study analysed nine patients given anti-inflammatory steroids for rheumatoid arthritis for a one-week period and compared the results with 12 long-term steroid users.
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-dose-steroids-linked-diabetes.html
As part of her just-completed PhD in the School of Medicine, Dr Carolyn Petersons studied the effect of anti-inflammatory steroids on the body's ability to metabolise glucose ? a key factor in diabetes ? in a sample of patients who were taking the drug in low doses to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
The study analysed nine patients given anti-inflammatory steroids for rheumatoid arthritis for a one-week period and compared the results with 12 long-term steroid users.
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-dose-steroids-linked-diabetes.html