Do inhaled corticosteroids elevate risk for pneumonia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Several clinical trials, observational studies, and meta-analyses suggest that they do ...

Inhaled steroids reduce and prevent inflammation, swelling, and mucus build-up in your airways and lungs to help prevent asthma attacks and help you breathe easier. But not everyone with asthma ...

Objective: To review the basis for the estimated comparative daily dosages of inhaled corticosteroids for children and adults that are presented in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's ...

Marketed in the past by AstraZeneca as Pulmicort, budesonide is an off-patent inhaled steroid and could be used to prevent the risk of people getting seriously ill with the disease, if taken ...

The first step to staying well with asthma is to take your steroid inhaler as prescribed to calm and control any inflammation in your airways,'' said Dr Maitiú Ó Faoláin, member of the Asthma ...

Dr Erol Gaillard has been leading a study into the benefits of the Hailie Smart Inhaler device, which monitors use and technique of preventative steroid inhalers. The data is then fed into a ...

Asthma UK previously said it understood anyone using a steroid inhaler would be prioritised for a vaccine. A guide still on the government website also states the vaccine will be offered to ...

While steroid tablets are an effective and inexpensive treatment for acute asthma symptoms, asthma should be routinely managed with inhaled steroids that treat the underlying inflammatory disease ...