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There have been no reports of side effects from steroids in these infants. Our team will be able to discuss the risks and benefits of continuing this medicine during pregnancy. Many people continue to take this medicine safely throughout their pregnancy. You should show this card to other healthcare professionals, such as dentists, that are treating you.

Prednisolone is available only on prescription as tablets and as a liquid you swallow. It can also be given by injection but this is usually only done in hospital. These side effects tend to occur only after long-term use or with high doses. If you have been discharged from hospital, your hospital team will issue any fit notes for the entire period of your recovery.

Accidentally taking too many steroid tablets is not likely to be harmful if it only happens once but taking too many over a long period can make you more likely to get side effects. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that helps the glucose enter the cells where it is used as fuel for the body. The reason that blood glucose levels rise during steroid treatment is that the liver produces more sugar than normal and your body is not able to produce enough insulin to cope with this increase.

Anticonvulsants are medicines used to prevent seizures . If you have troublesome side effects, don't stop taking your medication until your doctor says it's safe to do so. They're a man-made version of hormones, normally produced by the adrenal glands .

Older medicines may have been used effectively for many years in children without problems but the manufacturer has not been required to collect data and amend the licence. This does not mean that it is unsafe for children and young people to be prescribed such a medicine ‘off-licence/off-label’. However, if you are concerned about any conflicts of information, please discuss with your doctor, nurse or pharmacist. For children in particular, there may be conflicts of information between the manufacturer’s patient information leaflet and guidance provided by GOSH and other healthcare providers. For example, some manufacturers may recommend, in the patient information leaflet, that a medicine is not given to children aged under 12 years. In most cases, this is because the manufacturer will recruit adults to clinical trials in the first instance and therefore the initial marketing authorisation only covers adults and older children.

At your next appointment, ask your doctor or asthma nurse what your total daily dose of steroid medicine is, from your preventer medicine and any other steroid medicines you’re taking. They can let you know if you should be carrying a steroid card. Steroid tablets, also called corticosteroid tablets, are a type of anti-inflammatory medicine used to treat a range of conditions. If you need to take medication for diabetes with corticosteroids, your blood glucose levels will usually need to be checked more regularly. Your dose of diabetes medication may then need to be adjusted.

Once the inflammation is under control, steroids will be stopped and you will continue with a long-term medicine to stop your disease from flaring. Some people might need to continue taking a low dose of steroids to control their inflammation. If this is the case, we try to find the lowest dose possible. It is usual to start with a higher dose of steroid and for this to be gradually reduced over time.

Phenobarbital, phenytoin, rifampicin, rifabutin, carbamazepine and primidone can reduce the effect of steroids in your body. Prednisolone 25mg tablets are more expensive and are intended only for use in chemotherapy regimens that use very high dose steroids. For patients unable to use standard tablets and when total treatment course exceeds 150mg . The side effects will usually pass once you finish the treatment, but do not stop taking your medicine without speaking to your doctor. Stopping a prescribed course of medicine can cause further unpleasant side effects . They're different fromanabolic steroids, which are often used illegally by some people to increase their muscle mass.