The use of cyclosporin in corticosteroid dependent asthma
Department
of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital,
Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP
Correspondence to: Dr Bush.
Accepted 15 July 1997
Five children with severe asthma requiring at least 10 mg of
prednisolone daily were treated with cyclosporin. Three were weaned
from prednisolone, but one quickly relapsed. One girl had her steroid
dose lowered but suffered unacceptable hirsutism and one child failed
to respond. Cyclosporin may be useful in refractory childhood asthma. A
prospective study is required to confirm this.
© 1997 by Archives of Disease in Childhood
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