Since the initial identification of corticosteroids as effective treatment for asthma (1–3),
inhaled corticosteroids have evolved into the most important and useful drugs currently …

Inhaled corticosteroids are being given to more patients, at increasing doses and for longer
periods of time. This has led to renewed concern about side-effects, particularly when higher …

Corticosteroids have a significant role in the management of asthma due to their powerful
anti-inflammatory actions. However, when given orally, they cause significant and unwanted …

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, inhaled corticosteroids became available for clinical
evaluation. The experience in these trials eventually led to their use in the treatment of …

Inhaled corticosteroids are the most important therapeutic agents for the pharmacological
control of pulmonary inflammation in asthma. There is concern, however, about the …

Inhaled corticosteroids are established treatment for asthma. Their place as recommended
first-line agents in chronic symptomatic asthma (1, 2) is based on ability to reduce symptoms …

Inhaled corticosteroids have been the backbone of asthma therapy for the past 20 plus
years. Although they have, for the most part, been effective in controlling asthma symptoms …

Inhaled corticosteroids have been available in the United States for the treatment of asthma
since 1976. At the present time, five different inhaled corticosteroids have been marketed …

Inhaled corticosteroids have revolutionized the treatment of asthma and have now become
the mainstay of therapy for patients with chronic disease (1). In a supplement to this journal …

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 …