Patients suffering from asthma, which is considered to affect more than one million people in the United States alone, can benefit more from inhaled corticosteroids than sodium cromoglycate when it comes to improving lung function and managing asthma in an effective manner.
Dr James Guevara, Department of Pediatrics at the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine [...]
February 9, 2010 | Posted in
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Steroid treatment is presently one of the most common options for asthma but some children may respond positively while some may not respond at all, according to a new study presented at the American Thoracic Society.
Gregory Sawicki, M.D. of Children’s Hospital in Boston said that the study results suggested the fact that not all children [...]
February 4, 2010 | Posted in
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High doses of inhaled corticosteroids are highly effective for reducing the severity and duration of asthma attacks triggered by colds, as per largest study of its kind on preschoolers
This study appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine and was led by Dr. Francine Ducharme, assistant director of clinical research at the Sainte-Justine Hospital Research [...]
January 23, 2010 | Posted in
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A considerably minimized mortality risk can be seen in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and using inhaled corticosteroids, as per a recent study.
The research show that patients administered with inhaled corticosteroids within 30 days of hospital discharge had a twenty-five percent reduced all-cause mortality rate and numbers of of cardiovascular-pertaining death alone in [...]
January 5, 2010 | Posted in
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A combination of inhaled steroids with ability to reduce inflammation and airway-opening drugs can prove to be a better option than many existing treatment options including a normal dose of steroids alone when it comes to preventing severe asthma attacks, according to a recent review.
It was proved by a second review that increased doses of [...]
December 16, 2009 | Posted in
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Lung disease experts at Johns Hopkins have requested members of the medical fraternity to be more careful and cautious while administering or prescribing inhaled corticosteroids to patients with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
This advice came after it was found that some of the widely used anti-inflammatory medications for COPD tend to raise the risk of [...]
December 6, 2009 | Posted in
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A combination of airway opening drug and inhaled steroids having inflammation-minimizing characteristics can prove to be a better option than a normal dose of steroids for preventing severe asthma attacks, according to a new review of recent studies.
It was suggested during the study that higher dosages of steroids prove to be a better option as [...]
December 2, 2009 | Posted in
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According to a new review, individuals suffering from chronic asthma might benefit from a new treatment option allowing them to manage their ailment effectively with a single prescribed inhaler including two medicines.
The involved researchers were investigating the usefulness of both a low-dose corticosteroid (budesonide) and beta2-agonist (formoterol) in a single inhaler.
The review appeared in an [...]
November 18, 2009 | Posted in
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According to a new study published in the CHEST, peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), patients with COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and administered with corticosteroids are less likely to struggle with mortality risk.
It was remarked by Christine Macie, MD, FCCP, Cambridge Hospital, Ontario, Canada and author of this study, that [...]
November 5, 2009 | Posted in
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According to a recent analysis of large population databases, there is some unexpected impact on bones after corticosteroids have been administered to patients suffering from asthma.
For long, corticosteroids have been considered to be “miracle drugs“, which have been successful even for ailments where no other medications had succeeded before.
According to Rebecca Green, M.D., Ph.D., assistant [...]
October 19, 2009 | Posted in
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