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...suffering from mild to moderate asthma, researchers found that boys and girls on inhaled steroids were much less likely to be rushed to the emergency room or to need treatment with even more powerful drugs. While these kids were indeed about 0.4 in. shorter than children on nonsteroid drugs after the first year of treatment, the lag in growth rates quickly disappeared. Results from the children's X rays indicate there should be no measurable difference in adult height. Similarly, in the second study, of 211 adults from Denmark who started treatment with inhaled steroids as children, researchers found...
KIDNEY CAUTION A preliminary study suggests that elderly folks who chronically use nonsteroid anti-inflammatories may have high blood levels of serum-creatinine--often a warning that kidney function is impaired. Advil, Motrin and Aleve are all NSAIDs. Don't stop taking them--talk to a doctor...
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