Temporary inhibition of growth and adrenal suppression associated with the use of steroid nose drops.
Inhibition of growth and adrenal suppression are reported following the use of intranasal beta-methasone (0.1%) in a 9-year-old boy with cystic fibrosis and nasal polyps and in a 3-year-old girl with allergic rhinitis. On stopping treatment catch-up growth occurred and adrenal function returned to normal.
Daman Willems
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Hospital for Sick Children, London, UK.
Dinwiddie
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R
Grant
D B
DB
Rivers
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RP
Zahir
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M
D000281:Administration, Intranasal; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D001623:Betamethasone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D001623:Betamethasone