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Do inhaled steroids have similar efficacy? A case of bronchial asthma suggesting different efficacy of inhaled glucocorticosteroids
Author(s) -
Larsen B. B.,
Dahl R.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.363
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1398-9995
pISSN - 0105-4538
DOI - 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1995.tb01207.x
Subject(s) - fluticasone propionate , medicine , asthma , budesonide , inhalation , fluticasone , corticosteroid , clinical trial , lung function , inhaled corticosteroids , pregnancy , anesthesia , lung , biology , genetics
We report a 35‐year‐old woman who had had bronchial asthma for 17 years. Her asthma worsened and became unstable on treatment with beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP), budesonide (BUD), and oral glucocorticosteroids (GC). At the age of 31, she had participated in a clinical trial with fluticasone propionate (FP), and after 2 weeks' treatment her asthma was well controlled. Because of pregnancy, her participation was terminated and treatment continued with available inhaled GC; however, the disease deteriorated and treatment with FP was resumed 2 years ago. Lung function normalized after 3 weeks and she has remained clinically stable since.