Women use more oral steroids for asthma than men
Women take both prescription and non-prescription drugs more often than
men. This trend is particularly worrying for drugs that are associated
with excess morbidity and mortality such as oral steroids for asthma.
Sexton et al (p 1434) examined the use of asthma drugs among 237 men
and women in East Anglia. They found no difference in the use of 
agonists and inhaled steroids, but women used significantly more oral
steroids than men despite similar symptom scores. The number of visits
to the general practitioner for asthma in the past six months showed a
dose-response relation with use of oral steroids among women.
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