CNN (8/30, LaMotte) reports, “Taking oral or inhaled glucocorticoids, a type of steroid used to curb inflammation in asthma and other autoimmune disorders, may be linked to damaging changes in the white matter of the brain, a…study found.” One study author wrote, “This study shows that both systemic and inhaled glucocorticoids are associated with an apparently widespread reduction in white matter integrity.” Using “data from the U.K. BioBank,” the study published in BMJ Open “found the greatest amount of white matter damage in people who use oral steroids regularly over long periods of time.”
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— “Common steroids used for asthma, allergies linked to brain decline, study finds “Sandee LaMotte, CNN, August 30, 2022