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Parkinson's patient,knee pain steriod
My mother is Parkinson's patient(uses syndopa 1/2 in the morning)and recently an orthopedician has prescribed knee pain medicine for intial 10 days..Since the pain have not reduced completely he has prescribed medicin for another 15 days.in this we found deflazacort(supresses immunity) tablet as a steriod.. From neurological perspective is it safe to be used considering parkinson patient have lesser immunity
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Dr. Mudasir Mushtaq
Neurologist
14 yrs exp
Bangalore
Steroid can be used in Parkinson disease patients.
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