title: [General corticotherapy and its complications].
abstract: Prescribing a corticosteroid treatment requires a three-step strategy: a) to chose the appropriate drug, its dosage regimen, and its route of administration; b) to reduce the side effects by taking the status of the patient into account, and by adopting various preventive recommendations; c) to reduce the dosage before deciding to stop treatment according to specific rules. This "good practice" of corticosteroid therapy makes it a well tolerated and observed treatment, and alleviates the fears that is often created in the patient and his physician.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wechsler
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000378:metabolism; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones
vernacular_title: La corticothérapie générale et ses complications.