Steroids ineffective for pain in children with pharyngitis.
In children with acute pharyngitis, oral dexamethasone does not provide clinically significant reductions in time to initial or complete pain relief. Reserve its use for children with group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus pharyngitis who have moderate to severe pain, realizing that the benefit is of questionable significance.
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Department of Family and Community Medicine, Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Texas A and M University Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, TX, USA. mvia@swmail.sw.org