Λεξικό .. Asthma and Inhaled steroids (ICS)

Treatment of asthma has substantially improved over the last decades. Inhaled steroids (ICS) are the standard anti-inflammatory medication and normally effectively control symptoms of mild to moderate asthma. Some patients, however, with moderate to severe asthma, remain symptomatic even under persistent treatment with ICS, and sometimes are in need for systemic steroids to control the disease. New treatment options more specifically targeting the pathophysiological events causing development of asthma are therefore required for this patient group, of which anti-IgE treatment is one possible candidate.

References

Hamelmann, E., Rolinck-Werninghaus, C. & Wahn, U. From IgE to Anti-IgE: Where do we stand?. Allergy2002: 57(11):983-994.