Shilpashri1, Faris Basheer2
INTRODUCTION
Corticosteroids are widely used and highly effective in treatment for number of conditions like immunological condition inflammation, systemic lupus erythematosus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer and chronic pain conditions. Steroid-induced psychiatric disturbances appear in 3 to 6% of patient on treatment. Glucocorticoid is one of the most cause of avascular necrosis, affects hip joint, and other joints.1,2
Doctor consider the potential benefits and risks to each patient before prescribing medication and take into account a lot of different factors in place, when they are misused, there can be dangerous health hazards.3
Corticosteroid-induced symptoms are mood disorder, anxiety, depressive disorder, delirium, suicidal thinking, agitation and cognitive impairment
