A new therapy that shows promise in helping alleviate or prevent symptoms in patients with systemic lupus is being studied by researchers at the Arizona Arthritis Center at The University of Arizona College of Medicine. Although many medical experts remain skeptical about DHEA, the hormone shows promise for making lupus patients feel better.
Female hormones seem to worsen symptoms during pregnancy and menstrual cycles.
The hypothesis behind the DHEA study is that this hormone could counter this hormonal activity and lessen the effects.