Sentences with phrase «immunosuppressive drugs treat»

Anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressive drugs treat autoimmune causes.

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Crohn's and rheumatoid arthritis share the same genetic predispositions and both are often treated using the same types of immunosuppressive drugs.

With only one drug specifically approved for the treatment of lupus in the past 50 years, lupus patients are commonly treated with steroids, a class of immunosuppressive drugs that delay the development and progression of the disease by suppressing the immune system.

The team from the Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology looked at data from over 15,000 patients diagnosed with the disease who were being treated with certain types of immunosuppressive drugs, and found that one in five patients received no influenza vaccinations and one in two patients received no pneumonia vaccine over a five year follow - up period.

Doctors generally treat aplastic anemia effectively using immunosuppressives — drugs that prevent the immune system from attacking bone marrow — allowing recovery of the patient's own marrow and long - term survival.

It is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating certain types of leukemia and is helpful in other conditions that require immunosuppressive therapy.

You see, conventionally - trained physicians are taught to «treat» autoimmune disease with immunosuppressive drugs, anti-inflammatory medications and steroids — but, these methods never address the underlying cause.

Cyclosporine is an immunosuppressive drug that may be used as a sole agent for treating atopic dermatitis and may have steroid - sparing benefits.

In order to treat this, immunosuppressive drugs work to slow down the immune system response.

«So we will usually treat this type of cholangiohepatitis with immunosuppressive drugs, such as steroids,» he points out.