The disease usually first appears in childhood but adults can also develop it. In treating asthma, inhaled steroids are favored over steroid pills because they act directly on the airways.

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 within the first week of developing symptoms.

Scientists have found a new treatment for people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD ... only treatment we have for attacks are steroids, which aren't always effective ...

Stanley Fineman, MD, MBA First of all, asthma is a potentially ... That's a patient who needs an inhaled steroid on a daily basis. Narrator The steroids used in inhalers for asthma are different ...

A case with typical history is reported in an asthmatic patient who very regularly used a steroid inhaler. The possible aetiological role of such steroid-based inhalers is discussed.