Iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome due to nasal betamethasone: a problem not to be sniffed at!

C M Nutting; S R Page

doi:10.1136/pgmj.71.834.231

Iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome due to nasal betamethasone: a problem not to be sniffed at!

Postgrad Med J. 1995 Apr;71(834):231-2. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.71.834.231.

Authors

C M Nutting¹, S R Page

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Nottingham, UK.

Abstract

Nasal steroid drops for the treatment of allergic rhinitis can cause iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome and care should be taken with their use in clinical practice.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Betamethasone / administration & dosage
Betamethasone / adverse effects*
Betamethasone / analogs & derivatives
Cushing Syndrome / chemically induced*
Female
Humans
Iatrogenic Disease
Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / drug therapy

Substances

betamethasone sodium phosphate
Betamethasone