Kristie Reed, PharmD, oversees emergency, general medical, surgical, psychiatric care, and oncology medication as the pharmacy director of a community hospital. Dr. Reed specializes in IV medications.

Steroids are often prescribed alongside chemotherapy because they can reduce inflammation, pain, and nausea, among other benefits. When chemotherapy is prescribed, corticosteroids, also called ...

Used clinically since the 1920s, corticosteroids interrupt multiple steps in immune activation because of the ubiquitous expression of corticosteroid receptors. Corticosteroids inhibit antigen ...