While inhaled corticosteroid medications are a mainstay of effective asthma treatment, they can’t prevent the disease from occurring or recurring in high-risk children, new research found.
Two presentations Wednesday at the American Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference in San Francisco included an additional year of information from previous research. The studies confirmed that youngsters given inhaled corticosteroids may do well while they’re taking the medications. But the drugs’ beneficial effects wear off soon after they’re stopped, and they don’t appear to have any long-term effects on the progression of asthmatic disease.