Case study: The risk of steroids for asthma sufferers - My 22 year old daughter has been treated with steroids for her asthma for the past two years. Her doctor assured her that there was no danger of side...

Asthma: Danger drugs - An overview of the drugs to be avoided when treating asthma

Asthma: low steroid dose - High doses of inhaled steroids offer no benefit over lower doses for severe asthma sufferers who are also taking oral steroids, according to German re...

Asthma drugs cause deaths - Certain asthma drugs, particularly those used in inhalants, could be contributing to the increase in the number of deaths from asthma. ...

Asthma drugs: - Bronchodilators double death risk in first 12 months - Asthma drugs have had a chequered past, going back to the early 1960s when the non-selective beta-agonist isoprenaline was withdrawn. Since then worr...

Asthma drugs: no help for kids - Children with asthma and related breathing problems are being given drugs that don't help the condition, and which may do them harm, according to two...

How medicine treats asthma - The conventional treatment of asthma relies on a two-pronged approach. The first is to eliminate the ‘triggers’, which provoke asthma attacks in the f...

Asthma drugs: effects wane - Regular use of beta agonists like inhaled salbutamol doubles a person's sensitivity to an allergen and creates tolerance to the drug, thus reducing it...