What are the benefits of hormone drugs?

Hormone drugs are a type of medicine that have certain side effects on the human body. If you take hormone drugs frequently or for a long time, it will cause certain harm to the human body. Therefore, when we take hormone drugs in daily life, we must pay attention to the dosage of the drugs. We must check according to the doctor's instructions and then take the appropriate dosage. Many people don’t know what the benefits of hormone drugs are. What are the benefits of hormone drugs? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. What are the benefits of hormone drugs?

Hormone drugs, commonly referred to as glucocorticoids in clinical practice, have multiple effects including anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, anti-cytotoxic, anti-shock and anti-proliferative. Glucocorticoids are widely used clinically and are often used for allergic skin diseases, such as drug rash, erythema multiforme, severe acute urticaria, anaphylactic shock, and contact dermatitis. There are also autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, systemic sclerosis, acute bullous skin diseases, Behcet's disease, and certain serious infectious skin diseases, such as Staphylococcus aureus scalded skin syndrome, leprosy reactions, etc. Effective antibiotics can also be used for a short period of time in advance. Therefore, hormone drugs are widely used in clinical practice.

2. Side effects of hormone drugs

Hormone drugs have the following side effects.

1. It will make you fat.

2. It can cause osteoporosis and femoral head necrosis.

3. The body's resistance decreases, blood sugar increases, gastrointestinal ulcers, electrolyte imbalance, etc.

5. Affects children's development. Hormones and immunosuppressants have certain effects on sexual function. Long-term and large-dose use of corticosteroids such as prednisone will aggravate the degree of sexual dysfunction. Almost all immunosuppressants can cause testicular atrophy and ovarian damage, leading to reduced or absent spermatogenesis, loss of sexual desire, impotence, etc.

3. Notes

Hormones are an effective treatment for most patients and are very effective in controlling the progression of the disease in the short term, especially in acute events. However, long-term and high-dose use has serious side effects, so try not to use hormone therapy.