Browsing by Subject "inhaled corticosteroids"

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    Asthma Treatment in Children: Information for Parents
    (2008-09-02) Chomilo, Nathan
    Parents are often worried about long-term inhaled steroid use in their children with asthma. This handout explains asthma as a disease as well as going over the risks and benefits of inhaled steroid use.
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    Asthma: What can I do?
    (2010-07-22) Ward, Jason
    Asthma action plans fitted to individuals using medication dose training, asthma education, and allergy skin testing is unlikely to increase the chances that a patient will take his or her inhaled steroid (control) asthma medication. Intense counseling may reduce the use of rescue inhalers short term and allow patients to be more confident in their control of asthma, but the cost of such treatment reduces the overall benefit.