ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2024
Clinical Pharmacology in Sarcoidosis: How to Use and Monitor Sarcoidosis Medications.
Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Contemporary management of sarcoidosis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Gestational hypercalcemia: a narrative review of literature.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Neurosarcoidosis in Critical Care, Internal, and Pulmonary Medicine: A Practical Approach.Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine · 2025Review
- Sarcoidosis in the Genomic Era: From Genetic Drivers to Tailored Therapies.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2025Review
- Disparate Prednisone Starting Dosages for Systemic Corticosteroid-Naïve Veterans With Active Sarcoidosis.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2025Article
- Neurosarcoidosis: Current Perspectives on Diagnosis, Management, and Future Directions.Cureus · 2024Review
- New Therapy for Chronic Sarcoidosis withJournal of evidence-based integrative medicineArticle
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Abstract
When sarcoidosis needs treatment, pharmacotherapy is usually required. Although glucocorticoids work reliably and relatively quickly for sarcoidosis, these drugs are associated with numerous significant side effects. Such side effects are common in sarcoidosis patients, as the disease frequently has a chronic course and glucocorticoid treatment courses are often prolonged. For these reasons, corticosteroid-sparing and corticosteroid-replacing therapies are often required for sarcoidosis. Unfortunately, many healthcare providers who care for sarcoidosis patients are not familiar with the use of these agents. In this manuscript, we provide a review of the pharmacotherapy of sarcoidosis. We discuss the mechanism of action, dosing, side-effect profile, approach to monitoring and patient counselling concerning glucocorticoids, and the common alternative drugs recommended for use in the recent European Respiratory Society (Lausanne, Switzerland) Sarcoidosis Treatment Guidelines. We also discuss the use of these agents in special situations including hepatic insufficiency, renal insufficiency, pregnancy, breastfeeding, vaccination, and drug-drug interactions. It is hoped that this manuscript will provide valuable practical guidance to clinicians who care for sarcoidosis patients.
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