A drug already used in the treatment of severe asthma could help treat exacerbations in asthma and COPD, a UK trial has found ...

A UK study has shown that a drug currently used to treat severe asthma could be re-purposed for use in emergency settings, ...

An injection given during some asthma and COPD attacks is more effective than the current treatment of steroid tablets.

One group received benralizamab injection and dummy tablets, another received standard of care (prednisolone 30mg daily ... at Asthma + Lung UK, added: “It’s great news for people with ...

In our centre, along with much of the UK, a generic branded prednisolone tablet is now in use which appears to be even more unpalaTable. Despite attempts to improve tolerability, a retrospective notes ...

Every 30 seconds, someone in the world will experience a flare-up of their asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

First new treatment for asthma attacks in 50 years is 30 per cent more effective than steroid tablets, UK scientists find ...

The first new treatment for asthma attacks in 50 years is a drug already available—and it’s 4x more effective than steroid ...

The protocol included three phases: (1) equivalence: 1–4 study prednisone 1 mg tablets taken for 12 weeks to ascertain their efficacy compared with the patient’s usual tablets before randomisation; (2 ...

Prednisolone (as sodium phosphate) 25mg/5mL; grape flavored. Systemic fungal infections, cerebral malaria, optic neuritis: not recommended. Tuberculosis. Latent amebiasis. Strongyloides ...

Patients and methods—One hundred and seventy eight patients were randomised to receive budesonide controlled ileal release (CIR) capsules 9 mg once daily or 4.5 mg twice daily, or prednisolone tablets ...

Prednisolone tablets were well tolerated in most of the patients and ... preparation should be considered for children under 2 years of age. SIGN 158 British Thoracic Society, Guidelines on Management ...