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2001 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to study results presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) Annual Meeting, March 18-23, 2001, inhaled corticosteroids were not found to decrease bone density in post-menopausal women.
Corticosteroids are anti-inflammatory medications frequently used to treat asthma and other respiratory disorders. Long-term use of corticosteroids in oral form has been linked to adverse effects, including osteoporosis. Researchers in Sweden at Lund University and Goteborg University, led by Solve Elmstahl, MD, PhD, sought to understand if inhaled corticosteroids also produced a decrease in bone density.
Among the sample group of post-menopausal women, 106 had been ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Inhaled Corticosteroids Don't Decrease Bone Density In...