Coping with Prednisone, Revised and Updated (*and Other Cortisone-Related Medicines)

Name: Coping with Prednisone, Revised and Updated (*and Other Cortisone-Related Medicines)
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ISBN: 9780312375607

ISBN-10: 0312375603

ISBN-13: 9780312375607

Edition: 2nd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Eugenia Zukerman, Julie R. Ingelfinger

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Approximately one million Americans per year take high doses of prednisone and related drugs. While these medicines may be necessary to treat serious illnesses, they may also have unpleasant, and even devastating, side effects, including changes in mood, weight, and physical strength, and vulnerability to infection. In 1997, after acclaimed flutist Eugenia Zukerman was prescribed prednisone for a rare lung disease, she teamed up with her sister, Harvard physician Julie Ingelfinger, to write the first book that helps patients deal with the side effects of the prescription. This welcome update to a superb resource--which is still the only book on the subject-- covers the latest knowledge…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 12/10/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.35" wide x 8.31" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 0.220
Language: English



Foreword: Coping with Prednisone: Who Needs This Book?


Introduction



Terms Used in This Book



How Bloated Will I Be?




Aren't Wet Feet Petty at a Time Like This?




They've Kicked In




Tell Me in Plain English, What Is This Stuff and Why Do I Need It?




Depression-Singing the Blues




Diet Guidelines-Beating the Bloat and the Munchies




Coping with Other Side Effects




Special Situations: Glucocorticoid Treatment in Pregnant Women, the Very Young, and the Very Old




Changing Doctors




Attitude: A Personal Attempt to Think Positive




Weathering Withdrawal: You Can't Stop Cold Turkey




The Future: Life After Steroid Treatment




Living with Prednisone: What If It's Forever?




Lessons Learned from a Tough Cure




Recipes to Help You Beat the Bloat




Exercises




Partnership for Health: A Reexamination of the Doctor-Patient Relationship and Prescribing Practices



Steroids: Types, Potency, Brands


Resources That Can Help


Selected References about Glucocorticoids


Index