Allergy/Asthma News

Even low-dose treatment courses of inhaled corticosteroids for asthma can lead to adrenal suppression including fatigue, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting and psychiatric symptoms, according to a study published in Nature Medicine.

In utero exposure to bisphenol A appeared associated with greater odds of asthma and wheeze among school-age girls, according to a study published in Environment International.

Patients with severe asthma saw significant reductions in exacerbations, oral corticosteroid use, exacerbation-related health care resource utilization and medical costs with benralizumab, according to recent research.

Increasing temperatures as part of climate change will lead to earlier and longer pollen seasons by the end of the century, impacting allergy and asthma outcomes, according to a study published in Nature Communications.

Antibiotic allergy labels appeared strongly associated with disease burden but not with hospital length of stay, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Perrigo announced that the FDA has approved mometasone furoate monohydrate, an intranasal corticosteroid nasal spray designed to treat and prevent hay fever and allergy symptoms, for over-the-counter use.

PHOENIX — Telemedicine was a feasible and satisfactory alternative to in-person visits for identifying asthma triggers in patient homes, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

In a viewpoint published in JAMA, authors propose that switching to over-the-counter availability of rescue inhalers would offer patients with asthma access to safer and more effective rescue therapy than what is currently available OTC.

Epinephrine appeared underused in the management of children with seafood-induced anaphylaxis before they reached the hospital, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Autoimmune treatments accounted for more than half of all specialty drug growth in 2021, according to a drug trend report released by CVS Health.