Asthma exacerbations reflect poor daily corticosteroid use.(Clinical Rounds)

Publication: Skin & Allergy News

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Only 29.2% of children with mild to moderate asthma having exacerbations were using inhaled corticosteroids at the rime of the event, and only 37.8% refilled an inhaled corticosteroid prescription within 30 days after the event, Pankaj A. Patel, Pharm.D., reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy...

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