Corticosteroids : Before Using

Corticosteroids - Rectal

Corticosteroids *** Before Using *** How to Use *** Fore Safe Use *** Side Effects

Before Using

In deciding to using a medication, the chance of using it must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you will make. For rectal corticosteroids, the following must be considered

Allergic reaction

Tell your family doctor if you have any unusual or allergy to any of the corticosteroids. Also tell your health care professional if you are allergic to any other substances, such as food, preservatives, or dyes.

Pregnancy care

Betamethasone may change the number and ability of movement of sperm in men. Budesonide crosses the placenta. It is not known whether other rectal corticosteroids cross the placenta. Studies in pets have shown that budesonide, hydrocortisone and hydrocortisone acetate cause birth defects. Rectal corticosteroids must not be using in large amounts or for a long time by women who are pregnant or who are planning to become pregnant.

Breast-feeding problem

It is not known whether rectal corticosteroids pass into breast milk. However, systemic - oral and injection corticosteroids pass into breast milk and may cause problems with growth in nursing babies. It may be necessary for you to take a various drug or to stop breast-feeding during treat. Be sure you have discussed with your family doctor the chance and benefits of using the drug.

Use for Children

Children and teenagers who must use this drug must be checked often by their family doctor. Rectal corticosteroids may be absorbed through the lining of the rectum and, rarely, may effect growth, especially if using in large amounts or for a long time. Before using this drug in children, you must discuss its use with the child's family doctor.

Elderly care

Many medication have not been studied specifically in elderly people. Therefore, it may not be known whether they work exactly the same way they do in adults people. Although there is no special info comparing use of rectal corticosteroids in the elderly with use in other age groups, these medication are not expected to cause various side effects or problems in elderly people than they do in adults people.

Drug interactions

Although certain medication must not be using together at all, in other cases two various medication may be using together even if an interaction may occur. In these cases, your family doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are using rectal corticosteroids, it is especially important that your health care professional know if you are taking any of the following:

Immunizations - vaccinations While you are being treated with this drug and even after you stop using it, do not have any immunizations without your family doctor's approval

Skin test injections Corticosteroids may cause false results in skin tests

Other Information for using

The presence of other medical problems may effect the use of rectal corticosteroids. Make sure you tell your family doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:

Acute psychosis This condition may be made worse

Chickenpox - including recent exposure
Measles - including recent exposure chance of severe disease effecting other parts of the body

Diabetes mellitus - sugar diabetes Corticosteroids may cause a loss of control of diabetes by increasing blood glucose - sugar

Glaucoma Corticosteroids may cause the pressure within the eye to increase

Heart disease
Hypertension - high blood pressure
Kidney disease
Myasthenia gravis
Overactive thyroid
Swelling of blood vessels Corticosteroids must be using with caution

Herpes simplex of the eye Corticosteroids may cause additional problems in the eye

Ileocolostomy, postsurgical
Infection
Tuberculosis - active TB, nonactive TB, or past history of Corticosteroids may cause slower healing, worsen existing infections, or cause new infections

Liver disease
Underactive thyroid With these conditions, the body may not eliminate the corticosteroid at the usual rate; therefore, the drug's effect may be increased

Osteoporosis Corticosteroids may worsen osteoporosis because they cause the body to lose more calcium

Other stomach or intestine problems
Severe ulcerative colitis Corticosteroids may cover up symptoms of a worsening stomach or intestinal condition; a patient would not know if his or her condition was getting worse and would not get medical help when needed

Stomach ulcer Corticosteroids may worsen this condition by causing an increase in the amount of acid in the stomach