Corticosteroids include both mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids. Mineralocorticoids maintain salt and fluid balance in the body while glucocorticoids have metabolic and anti-inflammatory effects and are important mediators of the stress response.
Corticosteroids
These drugs reduce the inflammation of the late phase of the response.
They may be given in an inhaler (e.g., beclomethasone) or by mouth (e.g., prednisone)
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corticosteroids can reduce the mortality rate and number of ... conducted by researchers from the University of Washington show ... COPD who were prescribed inhaled corticosteroids for at least ...
a group of corticosteroids that affect carbohydrate metabolism (gluconeogenesis, liver glycogen deposition, elevation of blood sugar), inhibit corticotropin secretion, and possess pronounced anti-inflammatory activity.
synthesis of corticosteroids (glucocorticoids and androgens) in adrenocortical cells
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