Inhaled corticosteroid therapy in asthma: A balancing act: Editorial

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-230

  Li, J T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; FORMOTEROL; SALMETEROL; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ASTHMA; CATARACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EDITORIAL; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0033030460     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62602-6     Document Type: Editorial

References (18)

1. WW Busse P Chervinsky J Condemi Budesonide delivered by Turbohaler is effective in a dose dependent fashion when used in the treatment of adult patients with chronic asthma J Allergy Clin Immunol 101 1998 457 463
2. P Chervinsky A van As EA Bronsky Fluticasone propionate aerosol for the treatment of adults with mild to moderate asthma J Allergy Clin Immunol 94 1994 676 683
3. WH Kelly Establishing a therapeutic index for the inhaled corticosteroids: Part I J Allergy Clin Immunol 102 1998 S36 S51
4. DS Pearlman W Strieker S Weinstein Inhaled Salmeterol and fluticasone: a study comparing monotherapy and combination therapy in asthma Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 82 1999 257 265
5. AP Greening PW Ind M Northfield G Shaw Added salmeterol versus higher-dose corticosteroid in asthma patients with symptoms on existing inhaled corticosteroid Lancet 344 1994 219 224
6. A Woolcock B Lundback N Ringdal LA Jacques Comparison of addition of salmeterol to inhaled steroids with doubling of the dose of inhaled steroids Am J Respir Crit Care Med 153 1996 1481 1488
7. RA Pauwels CG Lofdahl DS Postma Effect of inhaled formoterol and budesonide on exacerbations of asthma N Engl J Med 337 1997 1405 1411
8. AAPH Verberne C Frost EJ Duiverman Addition of salmeterol versus doubling the dose of beclomethasone in children with asthma Am J Respir Crit Care Med 158 1998 213 219
9. JG Donahue ST Weiss JM Livingston Inhaled steroids and the risk of hospitalization for asthma JAMA 277 1997 887 891
10. L Blais P Ernst J-F Boivin S Suissa Inhaled corticosteroids and the prevention of readmission to hospital for asthma Am J Respir Crit Care Med 158 1998 126 132
11. P Ernst WO Spitzer S Suissa Risk of fatal and near-fatal asthma in relation to inhaled corticosteroid use JAMA 268 1992 3462 3464
12. CJ Trigg ND Manolitsas J Wang Placebo controlled immunopathologic study of four months of inhaled corticosteroids in asthma Am J Respir Crit Care Med 150 1994 17 22
13. JA Nelson L Strauss M Skowronski Effect of long-term salmeterol treatment on exercise-induced asthma N Engl J Med 339 1998 141 146
14. DJ Evans DA Taylor O Zetterstrom A comparison of low-dose inhaled budesonide plus theophylline and high-dose inhaled budesonide for moderate asthma N Engl J Med 337 1997 1412 1418
15. J Tamaoki M Kondo N Sakai Leukotriene antagonist prevents exacerbation of asthma during reduction of high-dose inhaled corticosteroid Am J Respir Crit Care Med 155 1997 1235 1240
16. UG Svendsen H Jorgensen Inhaled nedocromil sodium as additional treatment to high dose inhaled corticosteroids in the management of bronchial asthma Eur Respir J 4 1991 992 999
17. CS Wong S Cooper JR Britton AE Tattersfield Steroid sparing effect of nedocromil sodium in asthmatic patients on high doses of inhaled steroids Clin Exp Allergy 23 1993 370 376
18. SP O'Hickey PJ Rees High-dose nedocromil sodium as an addition to inhaled corticosteroids in the treatment of asthma Respir Med 88 1994 499 502