Steroids and the silent burden: A clinician’s perspective on long-term impact in myeloma care
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As a clinician, I was aware of the physical, emotional and behavioural effects of steroid medications, but my patients and their families didn’t seem to link the changes to treatment and blamed themselves instead. Importantly, it was the loved ones that seemed to be equally impacted and, in many cases, had better insight into emotional and behavioural changes than the person taking the steroids. One moment has stayed with me. A woman with myeloma said: “Tracy, I feel discombobulated on the dexamethasone.”
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