Many people are hesitant to take inhaled steroids for their asthma based on concern for inhaled steroid side effects. So, if a new inhaled steroid became available, which didn’t cause the major side effects of other inhaled steroids, more asthmatics would be more likely to take it.

Alvesco (ciclesonide), is the inhaled version of Omnaris, a new medication that has minimal steroid effects until it is turned into its active form within the respiratory tract. As a result, it acts only as a steroid where it should (the lungs), and doesn’t where it shouldn’t. And, for people who are prone to developing thrush from inhaled steroids, Alvesco could be just what the doctor ordered.

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