Effects of Reducing or Discontinuing Inhaled Budesonide in Patients with Mild Asthma
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- 15 September 1994
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 331 (11) , 700-705
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199409153311103
Abstract
In a previous study, we found that two years of treatment with an inhaled corticosteroid, budesonide, was more effective than treatment with an inhaled β2-agonist, terbutaline, in patients with newly diagnosed, generally mild asthma. We continued this study for a third year to investigate whether the steroid dose could be reduced or discontinued and what effect crossover of patients from β2-agonist therapy to corticosteroid therapy would have.Keywords
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