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| Year : 2003 | Volume
: 51
| Issue : 4 | Page : 554--556 |
Steroid-induced myopathy following a single oral dose of prednisolone
S Kumar
Neurology Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore - 632004, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
S Kumar
Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore - 632004
India
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PMID: 14742951 
This report describes a case of acute steroid-induced myopathy following a single dose of oral prednisolone. A 55-year-old man presented with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which was treated with prednisolone 40 mg daily in addition to bronchodilators. He developed features of myopathy the next day. Serum CPK was moderately elevated and electromyogram (EMG) was suggestive of primary muscle disease. He was managed conservatively and improved 10 days after stopping prednisolone. Mechanisms of steroid-induced myopathy and relevant literature have been reviewed.
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