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One-third of patients with severe asthma are overusing corticosteroids

Publish date:: October 3, 2019

Key clinical point: Over three-quarters of high OCS users are either nonadherent or using poor inhalation techniques.

Major finding: A total of 29% of the patients who responded to the questionnaire were taking harmfully high doses of oral corticosteroids.

Data Source: Population-based study drawn from pharmacy database.

Disclosures: Dr. Eger reports no potential conflicts of interest.

Citation:

ERS 2019.

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