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cortisone
cortisone (kor-tiz-ohn) n. a naturally occurring corticosteroid that is used mainly to treat deficiency of corticosteroid hormones in Addison's disease and following surgical removal of the adrenal glands. It is administered by mouth or injection and may cause serious side-effects such as stomach ulcers, muscle and bone damage, and eye changes.
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Students question use of cortisone in college athletics
News Wire article from: University Wire; 3/6/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...quarterback receives an injection of cortisone in his knee to continue playing. Determination...he injected magnify his knee injury. Cortisone is a steroid injected locally, or directly...Medical School. The most common use of cortisone involves the treatment of chronic injuries...
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FINDINGS OF FACT; Cortisone: Shots in the Dark?; Some Athletes Get Cortisone Shots to Play Through Pain. The Rest of Us May Not Need Them
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/27/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...your moaning and leans over to suggest a cortisone shot--he had one in college, he says. Hurt like the devil, but it helped. Cortisone? Isn't that what your grandmother...Well, sort of. The umbrella term "cortisone" refers to a class of chemicals called...
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Cortisone injections--safe or sorry?
Magazine article from: Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness; 9/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...recovery. But one method - the use of cortisone injections - has been the source of a...were developed for local injection. Cortisone was the first, but many other varieties...USE & ABUSE When used properly, cortisone is very effective, but improper use...
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 "Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)")
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Crippled by soccer; Agony of the ex-Villa player in cortisone pay-out battle.
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); 8/13/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...injected with controversial pain killer cortisone more than 100 times. The modern-day...they suffer from arthritis because of cortisone overdose. His case is among 20 the Professional...health.' Derek's first experience with cortisone came at the age of 16. As a teenager...
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Cortisone injection benefits eye diseases
Magazine article from: Ophthalmology Times; 4/15/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Intravitreal injection of crystalline cortisone may be a beneficial adjunctive treatment...intravitreal injection of crystalline cortisone (triamcinolone acetonide) has been...bioavailability than a single injection of soluble cortisone," he said. Dr. Jonas reported on...
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New study reports anti-cancer drug less toxic, works better than cortisone for the relief of severe asthma. (methotrexate)
PR Newswire; 4/16/1990; 700+ words
; ...CANCER DRUG LESS TOXIC, WORKS BETTER THAN CORTISONE FOR THE RELIEF OF SEVERE ASTHMA SEATTLE...severe asthma with fewer side effects than cortisone, the current method of treatment, Virginia...with severe asthma who had been using cortisone for a period of about five years and...
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Cortisone: the limits of a miracle.
Magazine article from: FDA Consumer; 9/1/1985; ; 700+ words
; ...the whole class of these powerful drugs--cortisone. Hench's success in applying cortisone to arthritis happened at a time when first...vocabulary. Great things were expected of cortisone, and it was delivering. As one physician...
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Cortisone: the limits of a "miracle". (includes related articles)
Newspaper article from: Nutrition Health Review; 9/22/1991; 700+ words
; ...the whole class of these powerful drugs -- cortisone. Hench's success in applying cortisone to arthritis happened at a time when first...vocabulary. Great things were expected of cortisone. As one physician put it, "Not only were...
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Anti-cortisone eczema patient seeks alternative
Newspaper article from: Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.; 10/19/2006; 700+ words
; ...My dermatologist says I should be using a cortisone ointment. I am afraid of cortisone. My mother had to take it, and she developed...fear. Your dermatologist wants you to use cortisone applied to the skin. The doctor doesn't...
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REACTION TO CORTISONE IS RARE; SEE AN ALLERGIST FOR CAUSE
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 2/28/1995; 631 words
; ...8317. Q: I appear to be allergic to cortisone. I've been given this for allergies...at the base of my skull. Following a cortisone shot for a sinus infection, my face...three times a day. The inhaler contained cortisone and I suffered horrible chest pains...
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cortisone
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
cortisone , steroid hormone whose main physiological...adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). Cortisone is classed as a glucocorticoid with cortisol...diabetes in sufficiently high doses. Cortisone also exerts an effect on salt retention...
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Cortisone
Book article from: Medical Discoveries
Cortisone Cortisone is one of a family of steroid hormones secreted by the cortex (outer...hydrocortisone (cortisol) and the principal mineralocorticoid is aldosterone. Cortisone, originally called compound E, is a glucocorticoid, but also has...
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Edward Calvin Kendall
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...isolation and synthesis of the hormone cortisone. On March 8, 1886, E. C. Kendall...achievement was the isolation and synthesis of cortisone, a hormone produced by the adrenal cortex...hormones, including one that was renamed cortisone in 1939. Kendall's early reports on...
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Corticosteroids
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers
...of drug will vary with the condition. Cortisone and hydrocortisone, which have both...stimulates the pituitary gland to release cortisone. A deficiency of corticotropic hormone...have the same effects as a deficiency of cortisone. The hormone, which is available under...
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Antirheumatic Drugs
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...agents. They are the synthetic analogs of cortisone, produced by the body. Corticosteroids...drugs that are synthetic versions of the cortisone produced by the body. They rank among...powerful anti-inflammatory agents. Cortisone — Glucocorticoid produced by...
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