Early achievement and maintenance of stable asthma control using initially higher-dose inhaled corticosteroids as part of combination therapy: an open-label pilot study | Zendy

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Early achievement and maintenance of stable asthma control using initially higher-dose inhaled corticosteroids as part of combination therapy: an open-label pilot study

Author(s) -

Cheng,

HaoChien Wang,

Sow-Hsong Kuo

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

drug design development and therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.964

H-Index - 64

ISSN - 1177-8881

DOI - 10.2147/dddt.s44231

Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , inhaled corticosteroids , corticosteroid , randomized controlled trial , lung function , pulmonary function testing , prospective cohort study , anesthesia , lung

Uncontrolled asthma is characterized by considerable variability. Well controlled asthma is associated with less unplanned use of health care resources and fewer acute exacerbations. In this study, we attempted to increase inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) doses initially in suboptimally controlled asthmatics, hypothesizing that early achievement of asthma control using this strategy would be associated positively with a higher level of stability.

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