Adult neurologists specialising in neuromuscular diseases often prescribe long-term corticosteroids, particularly for autoimmune diseases (myositis, myasthenia gravis, etc.):
- an online survey of 99 Canadian neurologists practising in their country of origin or elsewhere was carried out,
- analysis of the responses from the 71 actual participants revealed shortcomings both in the screening of patients before starting corticosteroid therapy and in the monitoring and detection of adverse effects,
The authors, as well as the participants themselves, stress the importance of having specific recommendations for neurologists, along the lines of what already exists in other medical specialties.
