Research Article: Oral Corticosteroid Reduction Between Biologics Initiated and Non-Initiated Patients with Severe Asthma
Introduction:
Symptoms of asthma are generally controlled with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and long-acting ? -agonists (LABA). , Approximately –% of asthma patients in the general population have severe asthma, which is defined as asthma for which high-dose ICS therapy and an additional controller medication are necessary to achieve control or asthma that remains uncontrolled despite this treatment. In Japan, a recent study estimated that the prevalence of severe asthma was .%.
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