Corticosteroids Should Not Be Used In Urticaria Because Of The Potential Risk Of Steroid Dependence And Development Of Severe Anti-H1-Resistant Urticaria

ejd.2011.1311 Auteur(s) : Frederic AUGEY frederic.augey@chu-lyon.fr, Audrey NOSBAUM, Frederic BERARD, Jean-Francois NICOLAS Allergology and Clinical Immunology, CH Lyon-Sud, F-69495 Pierre-Benite Cedex, France Corticosteroids are widely used to treat urticaria and several inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Steroid dependence is a well-known phenomenon. Corticosteroids are supposed to have a more constant impact on itching and swelling than anti-histamines (anti-H1), although neither topical [...]