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Article: Inhaled Steroids Accelerate Bone Loss In Women.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Immunotherapy Weekly
- Article date:
- October 17, 2001
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2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Premenopausal women who use inhaled corticosteroids to treat persistent asthma may experience accelerated bone loss in the hip compared with those who do not use inhaled steroids, according to results of a new study of 109 women ages 18 to 45 years old.
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) in Boston, Massachusetts, report that the effect of the inhaled steroids was directly related to the dose - that is, the bone density loss increased with the number of puffs per day and persisted throughout the three-year study.
Although the yearly changes were small, the scientists suggest that the long-term ...