Allergy Asthma Treatment

Here we ask the pertinent question, are steroids safe to take?

Many people who suffer from allergy asthma use a preventer inhaler that contains a low dose of inhaled steroid. Here are some facts about inhaler steroids:

• The steroids used to treat allergy asthma are called corticosteroids. These mimic the steroids that are produced naturally in your body.
• Inhaler steroids are completely different to the dangerous anabolic steroids used by bodybuilders and athletes.
• Inhaled steroids go directly down to the airways, so very little gets absorbed into the rest of the body.
• Your doctor will always prescribe the lowest possible dose of inhaler steroids.
• Children who take inhaler steroids for allergy asthma should be monitored closely, especially for growth.

On occasion, should your allergy asthma symptoms become severe, your doctor may give you a short course of allergy asthma treatment steroid tablets. These work quickly and powerfully to help to relax your inflamed airways. Short courses of these tablets, anything from 3–14 days are safe and will not produce any long-term side effects.

It is worth noting that steroid tablets can lower the body’s resistance to chickenpox. If this a concern, you should contact your doctor if you’re taking steroid tablets and you come into contact with someone with chickenpox.

Allergy Asthma