Outcomes associated with inhaled corticosteroid use in asthma and COPD: an update.
The aim of this review is to report the updates in the medical literature on the outcomes associated with inhaled corticosteroid use. This update finds that inhaled corticosteroids remain a frontline choice as controller therapy in the treatment of asthma. Adherence to medications, especially inhaled corticosteroids used as controller medications, is responsible for a decrease in hospital, emergency room and physician visits. All of these translate to reduced asthma-related healthcare costs and an increase in health-related quality of life. There is a need for further research on the role of inhaled corticosteroids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease outcomes.
Bhosle
Monali J
MJ
The University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, E-345, 1200 Hermann Pressler, Houston, TX 77030, USA. mbhosle@sph.uth.tmc.edu
Shenolikar
Rahul A
RA
Kulkarni
Amit S
AS
Balkrishnan
Rajesh
R