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== Medications == | == Medications == | ||
'''Medicines used to treat scleroderma include:''' | '''Medicines used to treat scleroderma include: <ref>Ariel D. Teitel, MD, MBA. Medline Plus [internet]. Bethesda: U.S. National Library of Medicine; c1997-2013 [updated 2013 February 27; cited 2013 March 6]. Available from:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000429.htm</ref>''' | ||
• Power anti-inflammatory medicines called corticosteroids<br>• Immune-suppressing medications such as methotrexate and Cytoxan<br>• Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)<br><br> | • Power anti-inflammatory medicines called corticosteroids<br>• Immune-suppressing medications such as methotrexate and Cytoxan<br>• Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)<br><br> | ||
'''Other treatments for specific symptoms may include:'''<br> | '''Other treatments for specific symptoms may include:'''<ref>Ariel D. Teitel, MD, MBA. Medline Plus [internet]. Bethesda: U.S. National Library of Medicine; c1997-2013 [updated 2013 February 27; cited 2013 March 6]. Available from:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000429.htm</ref><br> | ||
• Medicines for heartburn or swallowing problems<br>• Blood pressure medications (particularly ACE inhibitors) for high blood pressure or kidney problems<br>• Light therapy to relieve skin thickening<br>• Medicines to improve breathing<br>• Medications to treat Raynaud's phenomenon<br>• Intestinal dysfunction<br>• 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)<br><br> | • Medicines for heartburn or swallowing problems<br>• Blood pressure medications (particularly ACE inhibitors) for high blood pressure or kidney problems<br>• Light therapy to relieve skin thickening<br>• Medicines to improve breathing<br>• Medications to treat Raynaud's phenomenon<br>• Intestinal dysfunction<br>• 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)<br><br> |
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Medicines used to treat scleroderma include: [1]
• 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:[2]
• 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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- ↑ Ariel D. Teitel, MD, MBA. Medline Plus [internet]. Bethesda: U.S. National Library of Medicine; c1997-2013 [updated 2013 February 27; cited 2013 March 6]. Available from:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000429.htm
- ↑ Ariel D. Teitel, MD, MBA. Medline Plus [internet]. Bethesda: U.S. National Library of Medicine; c1997-2013 [updated 2013 February 27; cited 2013 March 6]. Available from:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000429.htm