I had TB 40 years ago, and was treated for 2 years. After treatment was complete my doctor warned me about taking any steroid medications in the future. This is something I always think about when prescribed certain medication...I do take Flonase for nasal allergies, and advair for asthma, but only as needed and not on a regular basis. My podiatrist wants to give me a cortisone shot for treatment of achilles tendonitis, so once again I am wondering at the advisibility of this. Whenever I've questioned various doctors about this issue, they are pretty clueless about the ramifications involved, so I thought maybe I could get a definitive answer from a pulmonologist.
Cathy