Inhaled Steroids

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  Asthma pills work as well as inhaled steroids

  In a study that compared asthma pills against commonly prescribed inhaled steroids, British researchers found that the oral medications were as effective as the inhaled drugs.

• Inhaled steroids good for asthmatics

  Older asthmatic women using inhaled steroids are less likely to die from any cause over 5 years compared to those not using inhaled steroids.

• Inhaled steroids and fracture risk

  Children and adolescents who use inhaled corticosteroids to treat asthma do not have an increased risk of suffering bone fractures.

• Use of inhalers and risk of asthma deaths

  Excessive use of reliever inhalers for asthma is linked to a significantly increased risk of dying from the disease, as reported in a recent study.

• Inhaled steroids in asthma treatment cause bone loss

  Inhaled steroids, widely used to treat asthma, cause bone loss in young women. It is a fact that antiinflammatory steroids taken orally cause bone loss but prior to this study it was not clear whether inhaled steroids also caused it. In a three-year prospective study, the researchers examined the relation between inhaled steroids and the rate of b...