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What are the common inhaled steroids?
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Inhaled steroids: There are many inhaled steroid and although they have different potencies, they are adjusted on a milligram to milligram basis to achieve approximately the same clinical effect. Among inhaled steriods, most products have a low, medium and high dose recommendations. Inhaled steroids are available for nebulizers (pulmicort), dry powder inhalers (dpi- asmanex, advair), or metered dose inhalers (mdi).
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5 available: The common inhaled steroids are: qvar=beclomethasone alvesco=ciclesonide flovent=fluticasone pulmicort=budesonide asmanex=mometasone most of these come in a combined formulation with a long acting beta agonist for moderate to severe persistent asthma.
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