A member asked:

Does my asthma inhaler stunt my growth? please, need some answers?

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Dr. Richard Williams answered

Specializes in Pharmacy

No: The inhaler that is associated with this is a controller- cortisone type drugs. Studies have shown that the amount actually absorbed into your sysyem is so small that it will have very, very little effect on growth. Other studies where growth was studied showed that expected growth in people taking these inhalers have the same or less than 1% less optimal growth than non users. Don't worry .

Answered 6/30/2014

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