Methotrexate may be a useful corticosteroid reducing treatment of severe asthma

Asthma is a chronic airway disease affecting many people worldwide. Less than 1% suffers from difficult-to-treat asthma and requires systemic corticosteroid treatment to achieve symptom control. The therapeutic options for these patients are limited and often we have to accept a lesser degree of symptom control. Methotrexate has been evaluated in 13 studies, where the mean corticosteroid dose reduction was 35%. Despite the adverse effects, we find that methotrexate may be a useful treatment of severe asthma in certain patients under close observation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:177

Enthalten in:

Ugeskrift for laeger - 177(2015), 24 vom: 08. Juni, Seite 1159-63

Sprache:

Dänisch

Weiterer Titel:

Methotrexat kan anvendes som steroidbesparendebehandling af svær astma

Beteiligte Personen:

Knarborg, Malene [VerfasserIn]
Hilberg, Ole [VerfasserIn]
Dahl, Ronald [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Immunosuppressive Agents
Journal Article
Methotrexate
Review
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Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 29.05.2017

Date Revised 29.05.2017

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM254498027