Word: nonsteroidal
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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...
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