There has to be a greater need for caution by members of the medical fraternity while prescribing inhaled corticosteroids to patients suffering from COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), according to lung disease experts at Johns Hopkins.
This call for caution came immediately after recent evidences suggested that one of the most widely used anti-inflammatory medications, inhaled [...]
Lung Disease Experts at the Johns Hopkins have advised physicians who have been prescribing inhaled corticosteroids to each of their COPD patients to be extra cautious.
New evidence suggested that inhaled corticosteroids can increase the risk of pneumonia by as much as a full third. The researchers suspected that inhaled corticosteroids are believed to suppress body’s [...]
General Practioners are encouraged to initially discuss the potential risks of inhaled-steroids to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or COPD patients. This is in relation to the recent study which directly links inhaled corticosteroids to pneumonia, osteoporosis and adrenal suppression.
According to Dr John Haughney of the General Practice Airways Group, GPs should explain the potential risks [...]