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Any steroid-like compound capable of significantly influencing intermediary metabolism, such as promotion of deposition of glycogen in the liver, and of exerting a useful antiinflammatory effect.
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Topics Related To Glucocorticoid
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| Addison's Disease | The Condition
"...Secondary adrenal insufficiency can result from prolonged or improper use of glucocorticoid hormones, such as prednisone, which are used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and other inflammatory illnesses..."
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Cushing's Syndrome / Hypercortisolism |
The Condition
"...Many people suffer the symptoms of Cushing's syndrome because they take glucocorticoid hormones - such as prednisone - as an antiinflammatory..."
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Last updated: Oct 26, 2007
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