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Article: INHALED STEROIDS AND INCREASED BONE LOSS.(Brief Article)
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- HealthFacts
- Article date:
- October 1, 2001
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2001 Center for Medical Consumers, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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When inhaled steroid therapy became the treatment of choice over ten years ago for people with asthma, it was thought to be not only more effective but also safer than oral steroid therapy. Though this had yet to be proven, inhaled steroids appeared to pose little or no risk of the bone loss that results from long-term use of oral steroids. A new study of young women with asthma has documented reduced bone mineral density as an adverse effect of inhaled steroids (The New England Journal of Medicine, 9/27/01).
The 109 women who took part in the study ranged in age from 18 to 45 years; all had asthma and no known medical condition that could trigger bone loss. All ...
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Article: Study finds bone loss with inhaled steroid
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
October 1, 2001 ;
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... ... Medical Briefing Study finds bone loss with inhaled steroid Monday, October 1, 2001 Inhaled steroids, widely used to treat asthma, cause bone loss in young women, according ... doses of the drug had more bone loss. Bone loss can lead to ...
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