PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - ,
TI  - Inhaled corticosteroids: are higher doses better?
AID  - 10.1136/dtb.24.1.1
DP  - 1986 Jan 13
TA  - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
PG  - 1--2
VI  - 24
IP  - 1
4099  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/24/1/1.short
4100  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/24/1/1.full
SO  - Drug Ther Bull1986 Jan 13; 24
AB  - Inhaled corticosteroids are well established in the treatment of asthma. Two newer metered-dose aerosols deliver 4–5 times the dose of earlier aerosols: the Becloforte inhaler (Allen and Hanbury) delivers 250µg of beclomethasone dipropionate per puff (Becotide delivers 50µg); the Pulmicort aerosol (Astra) delivers 200µg of budesonide (the Pulmicort paediatric inhaler delivers 50µg and is equivalent to Becotide). Do these high-dose steroid aerosols have a place in the treatment of asthma?