Traditional Therapies for Severe Asthma.

Traditional Therapies for Severe Asthma.

Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2016 Aug;36(3):581-608

Authors: Wang E, Hoyte FC

Abstract
Severe asthma is a complex and heterogeneous disease. The European Respiratory Society and American Thoracic Society guidelines define severe asthma for patients 6 years or older as "asthma which requires treatment with high-dose inhaled corticosteroids…plus a second controller or systemic corticosteroids to prevent it from becoming 'uncontrolled' or which remains 'uncontrolled' despite this therapy." This article reviews available traditional therapies, data behind their uses in severe asthma, and varying recommendations. As various asthma endotypes and phenotypes are better understood and characterized, targeted therapies should help improve disease outcomes, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness.

PMID: 27401628 [PubMed - in process]

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