Corticosteroid therapy must be tapered because of its interactions with the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis. The hypothalamus secretes corticotropin releasing factor, which acts ...

Despite this finding of relatively similar asthma severity, we found that blacks required approximately 50% more dexamethasone ... controlled on usual doses of inhaled glucocorticoids, especially ...

The results indicated that dexamethasone led to a more significant ... Many pediatricians reported using inhaled corticosteroids for mild and moderate croup, which deviates from the guidelines ...