Drugs Used in Asthma Inhalers Make Children Half a Centimeter Shorter than … – Nature World News


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Drugs Used in Asthma Inhalers Make Children Half a Centimeter Shorter than
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New research suggests that inhaled corticosteroids, drugs given to people suffering from asthma, can suppress growth in children in the first year of the treatment. Two study reviews, conducted by researchers at Federal University of Rio Grande in Rio

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Asthma Medications Could Stunt Children’s Growth, Up To Half A Centimeter … – Medical Daily


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Asthma Medications Could Stunt Children's Growth, Up To Half A Centimeter
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Inhaled corticosteroids may cause children with mild to moderate persistent asthma to stop growing, by up to half a centimeter, during the first year of treatment, a pair of new studies finds. This effect was not cumulative over ensuing years, and

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