Patients attending a specialist uveitis clinic are commonly prescribed systemic corticosteroids.1 The United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency guidelines state that all patients prescribed systemic corticosteroids for >3 weeks should receive a 'Steroid Treatment Card',2'3 which gives guidance on minimising risk and provides details of prescriber, drug, dosage, and treatment duration. We have audited current compliance levels. All patients prescribed 3=5mg daily oral prednisolone attending a specialist adult uveitis clinic (Royal Liverpool University Hospital) during a 1-month period (April 2009) were questioned on steroid card use. All patients were told about the benefits of the card. Compliance with card use was reaudited among those reattending clinic within 2 months.
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