Treatment of a case of allergic asthma with a synthetic human ACTH preparation.
The following case history documents the first patient treated with synthetic human ACTH. It was prescribed for an asthmatic child because of suspected allergy to both porcine ACTH and tetracosactrin. It proved both effective clinically and free of any adverse effects.
D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000420:Albuterol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D004205:Cromolyn Sodium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006728:Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans
D006728:Hormones; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D004205:Cromolyn Sodium; D000420:Albuterol