Adrenal suppression from high-dose inhaled fluticasone propionate in children with asthma

Autor:	C. De Leonardis, Francesco Chiarelli, R. Mele, M. Verini, A. Mohn
Rok vydání:	2004
Předmět:	Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine medicine.medical_specialty Endocrinology business.industry Internal medicine Medicine Adrenal function Adrenal suppression business medicine.disease Fluticasone propionate Asthma medicine.drug
Zdroj:	European Respiratory Journal. 23:354-355
ISSN:	1399-3003 0903-1936
DOI:	10.1183/09031936.03.00102803
Popis:	To the Editor: We read with great interest the paper by Sim et al. 1 who observed adrenal suppression from high-dose inhaled fluticasone propionate (FP) in children with asthma. As adrenal inhibition has also been reported to occur with moderate doses of inhaled FP 2, we recently addressed the question whether low-dose (100 µg twice daily) FP could be associated with impaired adrenal function. For this purpose, 25 children (16 males/9 females) aged 2–12 yrs …
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