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Examples

  • My adrenal cortex has stopped making enough cortico-steroids hormones you need to live.

    So was it worth it? Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • However, I gained weight not only because I injured my back wich limited my former activity level, but I also had to take several rounds of cortico-steroids.

    Why Don’t Studies Find Discrimination Against Fat Men? 2005

  • Seek experienced medical advice about this because the cortico-steroid can also cause serious problems.

    Chapter 31 1993

  • In severe cases, you can use a cream that contains cortisone or a cortico-steroid.

    Chapter 22 1993

  • Cortisone and cortico-steroids (Prednisolone, dexamethasone, and others)

    Chapter 13 1993

  • Those that are often most helpful, but are more expensive, contain cortisone or a cortico-steroid.

    Chapter 31 1993

  • · In difficult cases, use a cortisone or cortico-steroid cream.

    Chapter 22 1993

  • In case of a severe 'lepra reaction' (pain along the nerves, numbness or weakness, eye irritation, or painful testicles), it is usually best to keep taking the leprosy treatment, but to also take an anti-inflammatory medicine (cortico-steroid).

    Chapter 31 1993

  • Rinse mouth with salt water, or put on a little hydrogen peroxide or cortico-steroid ointment.

    Chapter 24 1993

  • Diethylcarbamazine may cause severe allergic reactions, which can partly be controlled with antihistamines-or cortico-steroids, given by a health worker.

    Chapter 31 1993

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