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== Medications<ref>Teitel A D. Medline Plus [internet]. Bethesda (MD): U.S. National Library of Medicine; c1997-2013 [updated 2013 Feb 27; cited 2013 Mar 6]. Available from:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000429.htm</ref><br> == | == Medications<ref>Teitel A D. Medline Plus [internet]. Bethesda (MD): U.S. National Library of Medicine; c1997-2013 [updated 2013 Feb 27; cited 2013 Mar 6]. Available from:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000429.htm</ref><ref>Scleroderma Research Foundation [internet]. San Francisco: Scleroderma Research Foundation; c2013 [cited 2013 Mar 6]. Available from: http://www.srfcure.org/for-patients/current-treatments</ref><br> == | ||
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Revision as of 21:30, 6 March 2013
Original Editors - Amanda Schoenfelder & Katie Williams from Bellarmine University's Pathophysiology of Complex Patient Problems project.
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Prevalence[edit | edit source]
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Associated Co-morbidities[edit | edit source]
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Medications[1][2]
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Medicines used to treat scleroderma include:
• Power anti-inflammatory medicines called corticosteroids
• Immune-suppressing medications such as methotrexate and Cytoxan
• Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
Other treatments for specific symptoms may include:
• Medicines for heartburn or swallowing problems
• Blood pressure medications (particularly ACE inhibitors) for high blood pressure or kidney problems
• Light therapy to relieve skin thickening
• Medicines to improve breathing
• Medications to treat Raynaud's phenomenon
• Intestinal dysfunction
• Medicines to increase saliva secretion in the mouth to reduce effects of Sjogren’s Syndrome (a chronic autoimmune disease in which a person’s white blood cells attack their moisture-producing glands)
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- ↑ Teitel A D. Medline Plus [internet]. Bethesda (MD): U.S. National Library of Medicine; c1997-2013 [updated 2013 Feb 27; cited 2013 Mar 6]. Available from:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000429.htm
- ↑ Scleroderma Research Foundation [internet]. San Francisco: Scleroderma Research Foundation; c2013 [cited 2013 Mar 6]. Available from: http://www.srfcure.org/for-patients/current-treatments
