Why can't we just give steroids to people with muscular dystrophy?

Re:Why can't we just give steroids to people with muscular d... by LegitShady on Thursday August 26, 2021 @02:09AM (#28311248)

more current test treatments are recommending much more frequent injections to more closely mimic the 'constant' production your body actually creates. Rather than injecting once a week, injecting multiple times a week eliminates a lot of the really highs and lows from injecting on schedules like you recommend.

The issue is compliance - nobody really wants to inject themselves every day or every other day.

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Re:Why can't we just give steroids to people with muscular d... by perardi on Thursday August 26, 2021 @03:42AM (#28311764)

I’m surprised that doctors are prescribing TRT, with testosterone enenthate, but then only having the patient inject once a week. That half-life is really sputtering out by the end of the week.

(Well, I know why—like you said, compliance. But c’mon, left cheek on Monday, right check on Thursday, easy enough.)

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Re:Why can't we just give steroids to people with muscular d... by LegitShady on Thursday August 26, 2021 @03:11PM (#28319213)

I think a lot of it has to do with Doctors relying on old knowledge and not investigating too closely.

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