Health
Take a breath before giving asthma patients steroids, experts say – Brisbane Times
Researchers say steroid tablets are being overprescribed, raising the risk of long-term side-effects for patients including diabetes and osteoperosis.
“But were realising if you have repeated bouts of steroid tablets on multiple occasions over the course of a year that actually can result in side-effects as well.”
The research team, which also included scientists from Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth and Sydney, analysed data from the national Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme to find patients given repeated courses of steroid tablets.
They found more than 120,000 such cases between 2014 and 2018, and identified nearly a quarter were in the high ris…
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