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Corticosteroid Drugs Used For Asthma Suppress Growth – Systematic Reviews
Science 2.0 They are the most effective drugs for controlling asthma and clearly reduce asthma deaths, hospital visits and the number and severity of exacerbations, and improve quality of life. Worldwide, seven ICS drugs are currently available: beclomethasone, … |
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Fox News |
Scientific review finds asthma drugs suppress child growth
Fox News Corticosteroid drugs given via inhalers to children with asthma may suppress their growth, according to two systematic reviews of scientific studies on the issue. Health experts who conducted the review and published it in The Cochrane Library journal … Asthma medication linked to growth suppression in children Drugs Used in Asthma Inhalers Make Children Half a Centimeter Shorter than … Do asthma drugs result in slower growth? |
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Medical Daily |
Asthma Medications Could Stunt Children's Growth, Up To Half A Centimeter …
Medical Daily 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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The Guardian |
Asthma inhaler use in children slows growth, research finds
The Guardian Most people with asthma use inhalers that deliver a puff of salbutamol, a non-steroidal drug that quickly opens constricted airways. But around 80% will at some point take an inhalable steroid too, which works more slowly to reduce inflammation in the … |
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TheHealthSite |
Asthma medication linked to growth suppression in children
Medical News Today Two new reviews of studies involving inhaled corticosteroids – the drugs found in inhalers given to people with asthma – have found that the drugs appear to impede the growth rate of children. These findings could be of concern to both parents and … Scientific review finds asthma drugs suppress child growth Do asthma drugs result in slower growth? Some Asthma Medications Restrict Kids' Growth |
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Asthma drugs suppress growth
Medical Xpress Corticosteroid drugs that are given by inhalers to children with asthma may suppress their growth, evidence suggests. Two new systematic reviews published in The Cochrane Library focus on the effects of inhaled corticosteroid drugs (ICS) on growth rates. |
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Daily Mail |
Asthma inhalers 'stunt growth': Most widely-used device found to reduce height …
Daily Mail 'For a long time now people with asthma have told us they fear the side effects of taking asthma medicines but the good news is this evidence shows only a relatively minor impact from inhaled corticosteroids. No parent should therefore stop their … |
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TheHealthSite |
Do asthma drugs result in slower growth?
TheHealthSite Asthma Children who take inhalable steroids for asthma grow slower than their peers in the first year of taking the drugs, but the effect of it so small that it easily outweighed by the benefits of taking the drug, say researchers. The Guardian reports … Scientific review finds asthma drugs suppress child growth Corticosteroid Drugs Used For Asthma Suppress Growth – Systematic Reviews Asthma Medications Could Stunt Children's Growth, Up To Half A Centimeter … |
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The Independent |
Asthma inhalers can stunt growth in children, new research finds
The Independent Samantha Walker, director of research and policy at the charity Asthma Research UK, said: "For a long time now people with asthma have told us they fear the side effects of taking asthma medicines but the good news is this evidence shows only a … |
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Asthma drugs stunt growth – but only by a centimetre
New Scientist Parents of children with asthma can rest a little easier. The long-standing worry that some asthma drugs stunt children's growth looks to be overblown. It seems that children who take inhaled steroids may be about 1 centimetre shorter on average than … |
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