Therapy

Drugs Used to Treat Sarcoidosis

Corticosteroids*

Triamcinolone
Prednisone
Prednisolone
Dexamethasone
Beclomethasone
Budesonide
Deflazacort

Immunosuppressives

Azathioprine
Methotrexate
Cyclophosphamide
Cyclosporin

Miscellaneous
Chroloquine
Hydroxychloroquine
Colchicine
Oxyphenbutazone
P-aminobenzoic acid
Sulphathiazole
Calcitonin
Indomethacin
Dutinulan 8-15
Levamisole
Allopurinol

* See book "Coping with Prednisone. It may work miracles, but how do you handle the side effects?" by Eugenia Zukerman and Julie R. Ingelfinger, M. D. St. Martin's Press, 1997. This book has many suggestions for dealing with the side effects of prednisone and for dietary solutions and alternatives.

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Last updated 11/20/06