Higher dose steroids 40mg plus are more likely to cause psychosis according to some sources so in the future a considerably lower dose of corticosteriod could be attempted . Certainly in severe asthma or COPD giant cell arteritis and other conditions you would adjust steroid dose or co-administer an antipsychotic many believe . 1. G.Huyn J Reinart :Pharmacological Management of Steroid Induced Psychosis :A Review of Patient Cases . J Pharm Technol 2021 April 120-126 and 2. by Mary Anne E. Zagaria: Systemic Cortisone Assaciated Psychiatric Effects in Geriatrics July 14 2016
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Ian L. - January 1, 2023 9:01 PM
Higher dose steroids 40mg plus are more likely to cause psychosis according to some sources so in the future a considerably lower dose of corticosteriod could be attempted . Certainly in severe asthma or COPD giant cell arteritis and other conditions you would adjust steroid dose or co-administer an antipsychotic many believe .
1. G.Huyn J Reinart :Pharmacological Management of Steroid Induced Psychosis :A Review of Patient Cases . J Pharm Technol 2021 April 120-126 and 2. by Mary Anne E. Zagaria: Systemic Cortisone Assaciated Psychiatric Effects in Geriatrics July 14 2016