Asthma Treatments May Be Less Likely To Work For Older Individuals

Pulmonary Medicine Blog By Dr Deepu

HealthDay (6/13, Preidt) reported that research indicates that “asthma treatments, especially inhaled corticosteroids, are less likely to work for older” individuals. Investigators “looked at 1,200 patients with mild-to-moderate asthma, and found that treatment failure occurred in” approximately “17 percent of those aged 30 and older, compared with about 10 percent of those younger than 30.” The study indicated that “lower lung function and having asthma for a longer time were” linked to “a higher risk of treatment failure.”