Scientific review finds asthma drugs suppress child growth

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Scientific review finds asthma drugs suppress child growth

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Corticosteroid drugs given via inhalers to children with asthma may suppress their growth, according to two systematic reviews of scientific studies on the issue. Health experts who conducted the review and published it in The Cochrane Library journal found that children's growth slowed in the first year of treatment, although the effects were minimized by using lower doses. Steroid-containing inhalers are prescribed as first-line treatments for adults and children with persistent asthma. They are the most effective asthma control drugs and have been shown to reduce asthma deaths, hospital visits and improve quality of life by cutting the number and severity of attacks.

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