Corticosteroid Drugs Used For Asthma Suppress Growth - Systematic Reviews

Corticosteroid drugs used in inhalers by children with asthma may suppress their growth, suggest two new systematic reviews published in The Cochrane Library which focus on the effects of inhaled corticosteroid drugs (ICS) on growth rates. The authors found children's growth slowed in the first year of treatment, although the effects were minimized by using lower doses. read more

Read the whole article on

More from