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steroids safe to treat asthma in children?
So the doctor has prescribed a steroid inhaler for Emily. I am reading
stuff online that scares me, like it interferes with the pituitary gland and can inhibit growth in children! Emily is small enough, we don't need to do anything to stunt her... Can anyone shed some light on this? |
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steroids safe to treat asthma in children?
determined wrote:
So the doctor has prescribed a steroid inhaler for Emily. I am reading stuff online that scares me, like it interferes with the pituitary gland and can inhibit growth in children! Emily is small enough, we don't need to do anything to stunt her... Can anyone shed some light on this? How long is she supposed to use it for? How often? What exactly did you get? How high is the the dosage? cu nicole |
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steroids safe to treat asthma in children?
She was prescribed Qvar, 80mcg twice a day. There was no specific length of
use prescribed. "NL" wrote in message ... determined wrote: So the doctor has prescribed a steroid inhaler for Emily. I am reading stuff online that scares me, like it interferes with the pituitary gland and can inhibit growth in children! Emily is small enough, we don't need to do anything to stunt her... Can anyone shed some light on this? How long is she supposed to use it for? How often? What exactly did you get? How high is the the dosage? cu nicole |
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steroids safe to treat asthma in children?
determined wrote:
She was prescribed Qvar, 80mcg twice a day. There was no specific length of use prescribed. When is your next apointment? We ha to come back after a few days for a checkup and re evaluation. Did your doc say anything about "If it gets better do this and that,..." Here are a few links: http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&q=...le-Suche&meta= http://www.drugs.com/pdr/qvar-inhalation-aerosol.html http://www.drugs.com/cons/qvar-inhalation.html http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100002217.html http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/qvar_ids.htm cu nicole |
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steroids safe to treat asthma in children?
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So the doctor has prescribed a steroid inhaler for Emily. I am reading stuff online that scares me, like it interferes with the pituitary gland and can inhibit growth in children! Emily is small enough, we don't need to do anything to stunt her... Can anyone shed some light on this? Yup It's completely safe!!! There is no growth inhibition when inhaled in the doses the doc gives you. On the contrary. Not using it will inhibit growth as she won't get oxygen enough. There are widespread investigations showing NO sideeffects, where as if she is allowed to cough and have reduced lung function only treated when you discover it she'll most likely have reduced lung capacity in the long run. The steroids ensures normal lung capacity - for ever. And if she grows out of it - which a lot of kids do - no lasting effects on her lungs. Go on - we've used it for 8 years on my son. He's on the small side (but I'm petite so I guess that's why). He has asthma in medium degree and his lung capacity is above normal.' Tine, Denmark |
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steroids safe to treat asthma in children?
determined skrev:
So the doctor has prescribed a steroid inhaler for Emily. I am reading stuff online that scares me, like it interferes with the pituitary gland and can inhibit growth in children! Emily is small enough, we don't need to do anything to stunt her... Can anyone shed some light on this? And it can very well take 1-2 weeks or more before you see the full effect so don't stop because "it doesn't work after all so why use it" Tine, Denmark |
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steroids safe to treat asthma in children?
"NL" wrote in message ... determined wrote: She was prescribed Qvar, 80mcg twice a day. There was no specific length of use prescribed. When is your next apointment? We ha to come back after a few days for a checkup and re evaluation. Did your doc say anything about "If it gets better do this and that,..." No. He didn't say anything. In fact, we didn't even see him for the steroids. He just called them in to the pharmacy. Here are a few links: Thanks, I'll be doing some reading! I wish doctors were more helpful sometimes. |
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steroids safe to treat asthma in children?
"Workingmom" wrote in message ... determined skrev: So the doctor has prescribed a steroid inhaler for Emily. I am reading stuff online that scares me, like it interferes with the pituitary gland and can inhibit growth in children! Emily is small enough, we don't need to do anything to stunt her... Can anyone shed some light on this? And it can very well take 1-2 weeks or more before you see the full effect so don't stop because "it doesn't work after all so why use it" Tine, Denmark Thank you! There is a ton of info on the internet, but it is always nice to hear from "real" people! |
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steroids safe to treat asthma in children?
that seems a bit quick to me, she's barely been diagnosed as asthmatic,
unless she'd having life threatening attacks it seems a bit soon to be bringing out the heavy stuff, I think now might be the time for a 2nd opinion. Anne |
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steroids safe to treat asthma in children?
determined wrote:
So the doctor has prescribed a steroid inhaler for Emily. I am reading stuff online that scares me, like it interferes with the pituitary gland and can inhibit growth in children! Emily is small enough, we don't need to do anything to stunt her... Can anyone shed some light on this? The only problems that have been seen with steroid inhalers are with doses *much* higher than the ones you're talking about. Because the dose in an inhaler is delivered directly to the lungs, this means it can be kept very small - the amount that gets into the rest of the system is truly tiny, and, as Tine said, has been shown *not* to cause any growth problems. The only likely side-effect is that, because some of the dose does end up in the mouth on the way down, people on steroid inhalers are a little more likely to get oral thrush. 'Likely' is probably the wrong word because I can't offhand remember ever having seen a case in a young child, but it's theoretically possible. However, if the inhaler does benefit her lungs, then the long-term benefits from that well outweigh a tiny extra chance of thrush. Put it this way - if my child ever develops asthma, I will want him to have a steroid inhaler after what I've read about the risks vs. benefits (not to mention my own experience of better asthma control on them). No doubt in my mind. HTH. All the best, Sarah -- http://www.goodenoughmummy.typepad.com "That which can be destroyed by the truth, should be" - P. C. Hodgell |
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