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====Glucocorticoids====
 
====Glucocorticoids====
Glucocorticoids are
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Glucocorticoids the most commonly used anti-inflammatory drugs in veterinary dermatology. Although they are are cheap and efficaceous, they are associated with many undesirable side effects and so should be used with caution as a last resort in atopic dermatitis.
simultaneously the most used and abused drugs in veterinary dermatology. They are cheap, easy
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to administer and highly efficacious but are
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associated with a plethora of side-effects (17,18).
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At pharmacological doses they inhibit the expression
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of genes encoding a variety of molecules
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involved in immunity and inflammation, resulting
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in rapid and profound immunosuppression and
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decreased inflammation.
      
Glucocorticoids are highly effective in canine
 
Glucocorticoids are highly effective in canine
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