ATLANTA, GA — May 23, 2002 — Aggressive use of anti-inflammatory therapy in patients with asthma may not control their disease, but may only manage the symptoms, masking the deterioration in lung function.
“This is a relatively new finding that contradicts earlier studies,” said lead researcher David Kaelber, MD, PhD, from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
“The assumption has been that if symptom severity is controlled and patients are feeling better, that they are getting better.
We found they’re not and instead, have significant decrease in functional lung volume over time.” The study was presented here Wednesday at ATS 2002, the American Thoracic Society’s 98th International Conference.
The researchers analyzed the records of 111 adult asthmatics inner city and tracked them for two years, to investigate if disease management as per National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) Guidelines can prevent excessive loss of lung function.
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