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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Dupilumab was associated with reductions in exacerbations and oral corticosteroids (OCS) dosage, as well as improved lung function, in patients with OCS-dependent asthma with and without comorbid ...

A third of patients with severe asthma are taking harmful doses of oral steroids, according to a study of several thousand people in The Netherlands. A third of patients with severe asthma are ...

Patients who have frequent asthma exacerbations are at greater risks for cumulative doses of corticosteroids, multiple comorbidities and mortality, according to a poster presented at the European ...

The common practice of quintupling the dose of inhaled glucocorticoids at the first sign of worsening asthma does not prevent exacerbations in children, new research shows. News & Perspective ...

A new study has found that using biologic therapy to reduce lung inflammation enabled 92% of people with severe asthma to reduce their dose of daily inhaled steroid without exacerbating their ...

Azithromycin in Asthma Associated With Fewer Exacerbations — Prophylactic benefits observed in real-world study by Greg Laub , Director, Video, MedPage Today November 15, 2021 ...

The higher the cumulative dose, and the longer the period of treatment, the greater these risks seem to be, indicate the findings. Asthma is common, affecting around 334 million people worldwide.