Inhaled corticosteroids effective as rescue medication for asthma
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 15:00
in Health & Medicine
Inhaled corticosteroids, currently recommended as a daily controller medication, can also be an effective rescue treatment for asthma when combined with the standard rescue medication albuterol, according to research at National Jewish Health and other institutions. Children using steroids only as a rescue medication experienced none of the growth retardation associated with daily steroid use. The findings were published online February 14, 2011, in The Lancet.