Premium
Changes in bone markers in children with asthma during inhaled budesonide and nedocromil treatments
Author(s) -
Sorva R.,
Tähtelä R.,
Turpeinen M.,
JuntunenBackman K.,
Haahtela T.,
Risteli L.,
Risteli J.,
Sorva A.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1996.tb18224.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nedocromil , budesonide , bone remodeling , n terminal telopeptide , asthma , endocrinology , osteocalcin , urinary system , gastroenterology , alkaline phosphatase , respiratory disease , biochemistry , chemistry , lung , enzyme
We evaluated serum and urinary markers of bone turnover in 14 children with asthma during inhaled budesonide and nedocromil treatments. Both the markers of formation (serum carboxy‐ and aminoterminal propeptides of type I procollagen and serum osteocalcin) and the markers of degradation (serum carboxy‐terminal telopeptide of type I collagen and urinary pyridinium cross‐links) decreased ( p < 0.05) during budesonide treatment for 6 months. During inhaled nedocromil treatment (for the following 6 months), the markers returned to the normal levels. These transient decreases in the markers of both formation and degradation of bone suggest that inhaled budesonide may slightly decrease the bone turnover rate. However, normal “coupling” between formation and degradation seemed to operate, e.g. a change in one resulted in a corresponding change in the other, so that net bone loss did not necessarily occur.