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Article: STEROIDS FOR ASTHMA SUFFERERS LINKED TO CATARACTS.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- July 3, 1997
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Byline: Associated Press
BOSTON -- Steroid inhalants used by millions of asthma sufferers may increase the risk of cataracts, a study found.
The study, conducted in Australia on older adults, found that users of inhaled steroids had double the usual risk of the most common type of serious cataracts.
Asthma experts, however, cautioned that patients should not stop taking their steroid drugs without first consulting their doctors.
Another recent study, by researchers from McGill University in Montreal, suggested that heavy use of the inhalants by older people might raise the risk of glaucoma, another eye disease.