Talking about the change in drug colors! A visit to the hospital reveals that apart from anti-cancer chemotherapy drugs, the medication that patients are most concerned about and worried about side effects are none other than “American steroid elixir”. Almost everyone is familiar with the side effects of steroid use, such as increased blood pressure, moon face, and skin atrophy. This also makes steroids, despite their miraculous curative effect, the most feared medication in the public’s mind.
The generic name for steroids is corticosteroids, a substance that the human body naturally secretes and can regulate metabolism such as blood sugar and protein. It is an important hormone in the body. Clinical use of steroids has a history of more than 40 years and can treat many diseases and symptoms. However, due to abuse and improper use, it also causes many side effects.
Therefore, more and more patients who have no choice but to accept steroid treatment are turning to traditional Chinese medicine for treatment, hoping to avoid potential serious side effects. Traditional Chinese medicine doctor Sheng-Pu Lee said that from a Western medical perspective, diseases that should be treated with steroids, such as asthma, allergies, acute inflammation, and pain symptoms, are considered to be treated with steroids as a matter of course and as an emergency rescue tool.
But patients don’t think that way, according to Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee. The first thing patients say when they step into a traditional Chinese medicine clinic is whether they can avoid using steroids. Patients feel that if they can avoid using this kind of potent medication, no one would want to try it. Especially for some chronic patients, such as those with asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, and atopic dermatitis, who have almost all experienced the harm of long-term steroid use, they turn to seek treatment from traditional Chinese medicine.
However, the answer is negative, Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee explained, because patients who have already become accustomed to relying on steroid medication cannot immediately stop using it. They must cooperate with the use of Chinese herbal medicine to improve their constitution before gradually reducing the dosage, ultimately speeding up the process of getting rid of steroids.
Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee said that although modern medicine has advanced, most rely on hormone therapy, which can easily cause significant interference and pathology to the body’s constitution. Although hormone therapy is extremely effective for some people, it may have many unforeseeable effects and side effects once used.
To get rid of steroids, patients must first understand what their symptoms are, how much medication they are using, and whether Chinese herbal medicine can replace its therapeutic effects. Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee emphasized that generally, patients using steroids will experience symptoms such as hunger, rapid digestion, sudden increase in appetite, and even moon face. Patients must be aware of these symptoms. During an acute attack, steroids may be used in emergencies, but this should be limited to short-term use. Patients should not wait until serious side effects appear before considering stopping the medication. On the contrary, if any adverse reactions occur, patients may consider seeking traditional Chinese medicine for treatment.
Moreover, traditional Chinese medicine places more emphasis on patients learning to adjust their own lifestyle and pace. If the cause of the decline in the patient’s immune system comes from long-term fatigue or abnormal diet, it should also be corrected. Otherwise, it is impossible to get rid of steroids without removing the root cause.
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Originally from: Health.chinatimes.com
Health Chinatimes/ Reporter Jun-Kai Chen reports 2009.09.24
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