Re[2]: Re: Steroids

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Thank you, but that is one instance of where you didn't comprehend the

difference between replacement steroids and inhaled steroids on

compromised lungs. The steroids are being monitored closely now to see

if my pituitary will function on its own. If so, I will be weaned off

them - and hopefully LIVE.

Barth

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d> Here is an article I found :

d> Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are increasingly being

prescribed

d> inhaled corticosteroids to control exacerbations of the disease, but a new

study

d> finds that the anti-inflammatory drugs increase the chances that these

patients

d> will be hospitalized for pneumonia.

d> " In a large cohort of patients with COPD, we found that current inhaled

d> corticosteroid use was associated with a significant 70 percent increase in

the

d> risk of being hospitalized for pneumonia, " said the researchers.

" Furthermore,

d> for the severest pneumonias leading to death within 30 days of

hospitalization,

d> the risk with current inhaled corticosteroid use was also significantly

d> increased. "

d> In their report, the researchers noted that the admission rate for pneumonia

d> increased with higher doses of inhaled steroids and that reduction in risk

was

d> observed once the medications were stopped. Among all patients taking inhaled

d> steroids, there was a 53 percent increase in pneumonia deaths within 30 days

of

d> being admitted to the hospital.

d> The investigators noted that these findings are particularly relevant, given

d> that pneumonia is the third leading cause of hospitalization in the United

d> States and that inhaled corticosteroid use among patients with COPD increased

d> from 13.2 to 41.4 percent from 1987 to 1995.

d> " Adverse effects of inhaled corticosteroids in patients with COPD, " the

authors

d> said, " are particularly troublesome given the limited evidence for their

d> efficacy.

d> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070716132725.htm

d> God Bless !!

d> dragonflymcs

d> Mayleen