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Chest Congestion, Asthalin Nebuliser, Augumantene, Allegra And Ascoryl. How Safe Is Steroids?
Hi, my son is suffering from chest congestion , not coughing. But doctor says he is having chest congestion. He has asked us to nebulize him every 6 hrs with asthalin for a week and with beudocort twice for a month. I want t know how safe are these steriods??? ( He was having fever 99.7 uesterday but today morning no fever). In past, he was admitted to hospital due to chest infection where he was nebulized , given injections ( augamantene etc). Post discharge , and later he was on medicine for a week ( augumantene, allegra and ascoryl) and nebulized by asthaline twice. after completion of this process, we consulted the doc and he said he is fine now. However, just a week has passed and he is again having chest congestion no cough and fever.
Mon, 22 Apr 2013
Hi
Inhaled steroids for the treatment of naso bronchial allergy is a world wide accepted treatment .
As the medication directly goes to the lungs , very small dose is needed , resulting in direct delivery of the drug to the target organs and quite less side effects as compared to the oral medication.
I can understand your concern about the steroid use, but inhalational steroids are different, and can be taken for long period of time without any concern
Hope it helps.
Inhaled steroids for the treatment of naso bronchial allergy is a world wide accepted treatment .
As the medication directly goes to the lungs , very small dose is needed , resulting in direct delivery of the drug to the target organs and quite less side effects as compared to the oral medication.
I can understand your concern about the steroid use, but inhalational steroids are different, and can be taken for long period of time without any concern
Hope it helps.
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