There is no evidence that increasing the dose of inhaled corticosteroids at the onset of an asthma exacerbation, as part of a patient-initiated action plan, reduces the need for rescue oral ...

During worsening asthma control, a self-management plan involving a temporary four-times increase in the dose of inhaled glucocorticoids reduced severe asthma exacerbations, according to research ...

Can a Higher Inhaled Steroid Dose Halt Asthma Episodes? ... and had experienced at least one asthma exacerbation for which they received systemic glucocorticoids in the year before enrollment.

Giant doses of steroids don’t help kids control asthma flareups and might stunt their growth, researchers reported Saturday. And they barely help adults, either, according to a pair of reports ...

Until more data are available patients should continue to take a short course of oral steroids for asthma exacerbations" Contact: Julie Scarle, Press Office, Nottingham City Hospital; T) 44-0-115 ...

Systemic steroids are suggested in guidelines for pediatric asthma exacerbations. [1] The traditional approach is a 5-day course of oral prednisone or prednisolone, but recent studies have ...

Maintenance and reliever therapy using inhaled corticosteroids and formoterol was associated with lower risk for asthma exacerbations, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and ...

High-doses of glucocorticoids are not effective in preventing life-threatening asthma exacerbations, according to a landmark study published in The New England Journal of Medicine this week.

Mepolizumab Cuts Need for Oral Steroids in Severe Asthma — Study author Mark Liu, MD, on ... regardless of steroid use and dose. Exacerbation rates went from roughly 4 per year down to 1.5 per year.

Asthma control was assessed via the five-item Asthma Control Questionnaire, with control defined as a score of less than 1.5. Severe exacerbation rates and least squares (LS) mean differences from ...

A phase 4 study found severe asthma can be controlled using biologic therapies, without the addition of high-dose inhaled steroids. News All News Press Releases Product Approvals and Launches ...