After a new study showed the use of a “wonder” drug could help hundreds of thousands of severe asthma sufferers, pressure is mounting on the NHS to widen its use.
Presently, most of the 250,000 UK patients who suffer from severe allergic asthma are prescribed powerful oral steroids.
From Thisislondon.co.uk:
Under guidance from the NHS drugs rationing [...]
December 20, 2011 | Posted in
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A study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and other institutions has disclosed that asthma treatment can be made effective by adding new drugs or increasing the doses of steroids.
The study was published online March 2, 2010, by the New England Journal of Medicine and presented the same day at the American [...]
January 19, 2011 | Posted in
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Increasing doses of steroids or addition of more drugs to steroid treatment can help young children with asthma in an effective way, as per a new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and other institutions.
The study was published online March 2, 2010, by the New England Journal of Medicine and [...]
December 31, 2010 | Posted in
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According to researchers from National Jewish Health, being obese or overweight does not make asthma any worse in individuals with mild and moderate forms of the disease but can reduce the response to steroid medications.
The findings suggest that asthma improvement may not necessarily result from loss of weight, according to lead author [...]
September 14, 2010 | Posted in
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Some children afflicted with asthma may not be able to derive as many benefits as other children when it comes to treating asthma with steroids. This finding was disclosed by a new study presented at the American Thoracic Society.
Gregory Sawicki, M.D. of Children’s Hospital in Boston, disclosed that young children are not able to benefit [...]
August 13, 2010 | Posted in
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The chances of an asthma attack relapsing are minimized to a considerable extent when asthmatic patients are administered with a short course of corticosteroids after they are discharged from the hospital, as per a Cochrane Systematic Review.
The review strongly endorses the administration of systematic corticosteroids to treat outpatients after they have been discharged from the [...]
July 29, 2010 | Posted in
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A severe health complication, Sinusitis, affects around 37 million people in the United States alone and most of these patients also suffer from a disease characterized by reversible airway obstruction, asthma.
A study named “The Incidence and the Effect of Asthma on Consecutive Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis,” was conducted by Melanie [...]
July 23, 2010 | Posted in
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Young children suffering with asthma can expect significant relief when doses of steroids are increased or more drugs are added to the asthma therapy, as per a new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and other institutions.
Robert C. Strunk, M.D., and Leonard B. Bacharier, M.D., both Washington [...]
June 25, 2010 | Posted in
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Researchers have been able to identify a potential option for treating asthma, as per a small study in Thorax. This treatment option is concerned with treating severe form of asthma by blocking a powerful immune system chemical that is present in large quantities in asthmatic patients.
Severe asthma is rare as one in [...]
June 15, 2010 | Posted in
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According to a new study presented at the American Thoracic Society, every child suffering from asthma may not be able to derive the same benefits from inhaled corticosteroids.
In a study of 914 children with mild to severe asthma, it was found that children not using any kind of inhaled steroids over a [...]
June 8, 2010 | Posted in
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