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Article: ASTHMA: INHALED STEROIDS PROMISING.(Living)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- August 26, 2003
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Q: I am hearing about using Aerobid daily for years to "slow down the deterioration of lung function" in asthmatics, even though a person may be symptom-free right now most of the time.
How well established and successful is this idea and method?
A: Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways of unknown cause.
This inflammation makes the muscular tissue of the airways more "irritable' and therefore more susceptible to acute narrowing (referred to as bronchospasm).
When airway inflammation is poorly controlled, the frequency and magnitude of bronchospasm is often worse.
Although airway obstruction resulting from asthmatic bronchospasm is typically ...