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Article: Note to Pediatricians: Taper Meds in Kids With Stable Asthma; Hopkins Children's Study Shows Many Doctors Wouldn't.
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- July 6, 2008
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Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
BALTIMORE, July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study of how pediatricians prescribe asthma medications suggests that while most would readily increase a child's medication if needed, many are reluctant to taper off drug use when less might be best. A report on the study, led by Johns Hopkins Children's Center researchers, appears in the July issue of Pediatrics.
"Asthma medications can have serious, albeit infrequent, side effects, and while under-treatment is undeniably a big problem, not stepping down treatment when a child is doing well may be too," says lead investigator Sande Okelo, M.D., an asthma specialist at ...