In the past 10 years many intervention studies have tried to define the optimal dose of
inhaled corticosteroids in the treatment of patients with mild or moderate asthma. In all but …

Background Asthma is a chronic disease with a heavy economic burden in terms of public
health on account of its clinical impact and consequences on quality of life and costs. Its …

Background: Asthma guidelines vary in their recommendations for the initial dose of inhaled
corticosteroid (ICS) in asthma. A systematic review of the literature was conducted to …

For over three decades inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) have been the most effective disease-
modifying therapy available in the management of adult asthma and have represented the …

Aim: To compare the effects of fluticasone and placebo on asthma control in patients with
mild asthma. Method: Adults with FEV 1> 80% predicted and reliever use≤ 2 times/week …

The treatment of asthma has evolved over the past decade, in part, as a result of the greater
appreciation of airway inflammation in the pathophysiology of asthma. Early pathologic …

Inhaled corticosteroids are the most effective medications currently available to treat
symptomatic asthma, and are free of clinically relevant unwanted effects, when used at the …

This narrative review provides evidence-based explanations to some of the common clinical
concerns regarding inhaled corticosteroids. Inhaled corticosteroids are the treatment of …

New British guidelines on the treatment of asthma advocate starting with a higher dose of
inhaled corticosteroids in newly detected asthma patients. We investigated whether initiating …

The Global Initiative for Asthma guidelines use the traditional terminology of “low,”“medium,”
and “high” doses of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) to define daily maintenance doses of 100 …