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Cochrane panel: corticosteroids achieve best asthma control.(Drug overview)
Inhaled corticosteroids are better than sodium cromoglycate in measures of lung function and asthma control in children and adults with chronic asthma, the first-ever systematic review of its kind has concluded.
"The results suggest that the superiority of ICS over SCG may be independent of asthma severity, since results were generally similar among those with milder and more severe asthma," wrote the researchers, who were led by Dr. James P. Guevara of the department of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. The superiority of ICS over SCG may depend on the dosage of inhaled steroid, since results in favor of Its were generally stronger among …
