Can some asthma patients skip the daily inhaler? – NBCNews.com (blog)


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Can some asthma patients skip the daily inhaler?
NBCNews.com (blog)
Just about everyone with asthma knows the drill. Take a daily snort of a prescription inhaler filled with a steroid that helps fight inflammation, to prevent trouble. Not everyone actually does this, but patients with mild, persistent asthma know they
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Asthma drug may stunt growth permanently – NBCNews.com (blog)


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Asthma drug may stunt growth permanently
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An inhaled drug commonly used to treat children with asthma cuts about half an inch off their height permanently, researchers reported on Monday. But the good news is that the stunting effect doesn't get worse over time, the researchers report in the
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Children taking steroids for asthma are slightly shorter than peersPhys.Org

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