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Acute severe asthma, also known as status asthmaticus, is an acute exacerbation of asthma that does not respond to standard treatments of bronchodilators (inhalers) and corticosteroids. [2] Asthma is caused by multiple genes , some having protective effect, with each gene having its own tendency to be influenced by the environment although a ...
Acute severe asthma, previously known as status asthmaticus, is an acute exacerbation of asthma that does not respond to standard treatments of bronchodilators and corticosteroids. [115] Half of cases are due to infections with others caused by allergen, air pollution, or insufficient or inappropriate medication use. [115]
Both genes display some degree of polymorphic variation in humans, which may explain how some patients respond better to inhaled corticosteroid therapy than others. [14] [15] However, not all asthma patients respond to corticosteroids and large sub groups of asthma patients are corticosteroid resistant. [16]
Prednisone is a type of steroid — not the kind that helps you bulk up your muscles but rather a corticosteroid. Corticosteroids are prescription medications used to treat inflammatory conditions.
Drug overdose deaths in the US per 100,000 people by state. [1] [2] A two milligram dose of fentanyl powder (on pencil tip) is a lethal amount for most people. [3] The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has data on drug overdose death rates and totals. Around 1,106,900 US residents died from drug overdoses from 1968 ...
U.S. government researchers have found that a widely prescribed asthma drug originally sold by Merck & Co may be linked to serious mental health problems for some patients, according to a ...
Drug overdose was the leading cause of injury death in 2013. Among people 25 to 64 years old, drug overdose caused more deaths than motor vehicle traffic crashes. There were 43,982 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2013. Of these, 22,767 (51.8%) were related to prescription drugs. [33]
“The reason seed oil intake in America has gone up is not because we’re having more dressed salads or sautéing more vegetables; it’s because we’re eating more junk food,” says Gardner ...