Existing use of high-dose inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) increases the risk of nonvertebral fractures...

...persistent asthma. The recommended therapies for severe persistent asthma include an anti-inflammatory agent (i.e., a high-dose inhaled corticosteroid), a long-acting bronchodilator (typically a beta2 agonist) and oral corticosteroids. The leukotriene...

...that 94 per cent of GPs and 80 per cent of nurses nationally, were concerned about the potential side effects of high-dose inhaled steroids. Inhaled steroids play a important role in the management of asthma in children. However, with prolonged...

...asthmatics through the lungs and into the bloodstream is tiny, less than that taken orally for other diseases. Long term, high-dose inhaled steroids can lead to cataract formation, though normal use is safe. QI HAVE varicose veins and wear elastic stockings...

...Highlights include: the new level of importance placed on professional asthma education; redefinition of the term "high dose inhaled steroid"; the placement of anti-leukotriene drugs within the asthma treatment regimen; the use of long acting bronchodilators...

...Regimens (TENOR) study. Overall, 90% of the patients were prescribed two or more controller medications--such as high-dose inhaled corticosteroids, long-term inhaled corticosteroids, long-acting [[beta].sub.2]-agonists, and/or leukotriene modifiers...

...Regimens (TENOR) study. Overall, 90% of the patients were prescribed two or more controller medications--such as high-dose inhaled corticosteroids, long-term inhaled corticosteroids, long-acting [[beta].sub.2]-agonists, and/or leukotriene modifiers...

...who had a three-month or longer history of use of high-dose inhaled steroids. Short-term use of high-dose steroids did...patients. The authors conclude that long-term use of high-dose inhaled steroids can increase the risk of ocular hypertension...

...inhaled steroids is as effective as therapy using high-dose inhaled steroids alone for treating asthma. Maintaining theophylline...low-dose inhaled budesonide plus theophylline and high-dose inhaled budesonide for moderate asthma. N Engl J Med 1997...

...adverse systemic effects in adults and older children. High-dose inhaled corticosteroids (e.g., four puffs four times daily...these effects is uncertain. The side effects caused by high-dose inhaled corticosteroids are less serious than the side effects...