MULTIPLE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF BETAMETHASONE USED AS SELF-MEDICATION: A CASE REPORT
Journal Title: Asian Journal of Pharamceutical and Clinical Research - Year 2015, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
 Corticosteroids are commonly prescribed as anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressant and replacement therapy. Adverse effects of corticosteroids arewidely recognized. However, due to easy availability and relief offered, they are identified as one of the oral drugs abused by the patients. Here, wedescribe a case of multiple adverse effects with long-term use of corticosteroid in a single patient used as self-medication. Hypothalamic pituitaryadrenal axis suppression, hypertension, osteopenia, hypothyroidism, cushingoid features, lymphocytopenia were the adverse effects, which weresuspected to be induced by oral betamethasone that was prescribed initially for exacerbation of intermittent breathlessness in a patient sufferingfrom chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Keywords: Betamethasone, Hypertension, Hypothyroidism, Osteopenia and hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis suppression.
Authors and Affiliations
Kavitha Pawar, Dr. Alamelu Haran, Dr. Pratibha Nadig
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