When you hear about steroid powders, what are your impressions of the drug?

steroid powders are often added to some unexplained compound Chinese herbal medicines, also known as black pills, which can greatly increase the efficacy.

In daily life, there are steroid formulations such as inhalation, oral administration, injection, and ointment.

Therefore, whether it is a simple rash on the skin, or an asthma attack, to the treatment of autoimmune diseases, arthritis, etc., steroid powders play an important role. It is very widely used.

Note that steroid powders are not the same as the male hormones used by athletes, or the estrogen used in menopause.

In fact, the adrenal glands secrete steroid powders every day in the human body.

Therefore, steroid powders are one of the hormones that maintain the normal physiological function of the human body, not a viper.

And when we take more steroids, the steroids that enter the body in higher concentrations than the body already has, can suppress the immune system and reduce inflammation. Like gout flare-ups, when the joints are inflamed and painful, steroids can reduce the degree of inflammation and ease the pain of the patient.

How are steroid powders currently available?

Oral: Oral tablets used to reduce inflammation and pain can be used for some chronic or acute inflammatory problems, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus erythematosus and other diseases.

By inhalation or spray: Usually used to reduce respiratory problems, it can help reduce allergy symptoms and control asthma.

Relying on ointments: Allergies, eczema, psoriasis and many other skin problems often require topical ointments, creams, and lotions containing steroid powders to treat.

By local injection: If there are problems with muscles and joints, in order to reduce pain and inflammation, your doctor may recommend injecting steroid powders into the joints.

By intravenous injection: Usually used for sudden autoimmune disease outbreaks, or for organ transplant recipients who need extremely high doses of steroid powders to immediately suppress the immune system, then intravenous infusion is used.

Steroid drugs are also divided into different types such as short-acting, medium-acting, and long-acting, so the drug types are very diverse.

And you will see here that steroids are very useful for reducing pain, reducing inflammation, in short, a good medicine for reducing human suffering.

However, powerful drugs can also bring side effects, especially side effects are often related to the dose used, and the higher the dose, the greater the side effects.

Most patients only take small doses of steroids for a short period of time and are basically fine. The most common side effects are oral steroids or injected steroid powders.