During worsening asthma control, a self-management plan involving a temporary four-times increase in the dose of inhaled glucocorticoids reduced severe asthma exacerbations, according to research ...

Jan. 22, 2004 — Doubling the dose of inhaled steroids does not reduce the need for systemic steroids for acute exacerbations of asthma, according to the results of a randomized, placebo ...

Systemic steroids are suggested in guidelines for pediatric asthma exacerbations. [1] The traditional approach is a 5-day course of oral prednisone or prednisolone, but recent studies have ...

Increasing steroid dose doesn't control asthma better Kids who got high doses grew more slowly Javier Sua demonstrates how he uses an inhaler at his home in Fresno, California on April 4, 2017.

Meeting Coverage > ATS Asthma: As-Needed ICS/LABA Prevents Exacerbations — But lower steroid dosage comes at cost of reduced symptom control. by Salynn Boyles, Contributing Writer May 16, 2018 ...

It's currently used for the treatment of severe asthma. The trial found a single dose can be more effective when injected at the point of exacerbation compared to steroid tablets.

Severe asthma treatment with the interleukin-5 antagonist mepolizumab ... regardless of steroid use and dose. Exacerbation rates went from roughly 4 per year down to 1.5 per year.

Serious asthma attacks in adults can be reduced by a temporary but significant increase in the dose of inhaled steroids during severe episodes of asthma, according to a new UK-wide study led by ...

Children with mild to moderate asthma do not benefit from a common practice of increasing their inhaled steroids at the first signs of an asthma exacerbation, according to clinical trial results ...

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 ...

Among a cohort of patients with severe asthma using the biologic therapy benralizumab, 92% could safely reduce inhaled steroid dose and more than 60% could stop all use.