Asthma patients being prescribed dangerous amounts of steroid tablets: Study
Written By : Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli
Published On 2020-09-14 04:00 GMT | Update On 2020-09-14 09:16 GMT
Researchers from Australia have found in a new study that more than one quarter of asthma patients have been prescribed potentially dangerous amounts of steroid tablets.This may put them at greater risk of serious side-effects, they warned.The paper has been published in the Medical Journal of Australia.Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), through their anti-inflammatory effects have been the...
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Researchers from Australia have found in a new study that more than one quarter of asthma patients have been prescribed potentially dangerous amounts of steroid tablets.This may put them at greater risk of serious side-effects, they warned.
The paper has been published in the Medical Journal of Australia.
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