"Betamethasone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A glucocorticoid given orally, parenterally, by local injection, by inhalation, or applied topically in the management of various disorders in which corticosteroids are indicated. Its lack of mineralocorticoid properties makes betamethasone particularly suitable for treating cerebral edema and congenital adrenal hyperplasia. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p724)
| Descriptor ID |
D001623
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.745.432.769.199 D04.210.500.908.093
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Betamethasone" by people in Profiles.
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Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Crossover Clinical Trial Comparing the Safety and Effectiveness of Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation With Corticosteroid Injection in the Management of Knee Pain From Osteoarthritis. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2018 Jan; 43(1):84-91.
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Pain Reduction and Repeat Injections After Transforaminal Epidural Injection With Particulate Versus Nonparticulate Steroid?for the Treatment of Chronic Painful Lumbosacral?Radiculopathy. PM R. 2016 11; 8(11):1039-1045.
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Comparison of the particle sizes of different steroids and the effect of dilution: a review of the relative neurotoxicities of the steroids. Anesthesiology. 2007 Feb; 106(2):331-8.
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Corticosteroid compared with hyaluronic acid injections for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee. A prospective, randomized trial. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2003 Jul; 85(7):1197-203.