Word: chatila
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According to Dr. Talal A. Chatila, assistant professor of pediatrics and member of the Children's Hospital department of immunology, doctors also use local application of corticol steroids--not to be confused with anabolic steroids, used for "bulking...
...Corticol] steroids can be applied locally through inhalers," says Chatila. "Taken by mouth [steroids] can produce harmful side effects. However, the local application minimizes these effects...
...Chatila warns that any decongestant that works should only be used for short periods of time. "After more than three days you need to switch to a different medication," he advises...
...like a drug addiction," says Chatila. "If you stop, there's a tremendous backlash...